
Attack Squadron
A dramatic story of the last days of the Imperial Japanese Air Force
Lt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. He believes that what is really necessary for Japan to regain momentum in the war is for the air force to gather its most brilliant pilots into an elite squadron and use the unit to pinpoint attacks on the Americans. Disrespected by the kamikaze pilots who think the "non-suicidal" pilots are afraid, the unit redeems itself by stunning victories. But success leads the military leaders to expect too much of the unit, and new orders portend disaster.
Director Shūe Matsubayashi
Cast

Susumu Fujita
Yamato Commander Ito

Hideo Sunazuka
Petty Officer Kobayashi

Masao Oda
Chief Accountant

Hisaya Ito
Captain Yagi

Gen Shimizu
Naval General Staff Officer

Yutaka Nakayama
Chief Petty Officer Omura

Kōzō Nomura
Yamato's Duty Officer

Seiji Miyaguchi
Onishi

Yasuhiko Saijō
Petty Officer Matsuo

Kō Mishima
Duty Officer

Goro Kataoka
Petty Officer Tamai

Wataru Ōmae
Machine Gunner

Toshirō Mifune
Lt. Colonel Senda

Ryō Ikebe
Major Mihara

Katsumi Tezuka
Staff Officer

Yoshio Kosugi
Destroyer Captain

Tadao Nakamaru
Special Attack Unit Officer

Kiyoshi Atsumi
Petty Officer Tange

Ichirō Nakatani
Petty Officer Nakamura

Haruo Nakajima
Pilot

Jun Funato
Lieutenant Shimizu

Yoshibumi Tajima
Sailor

Senkichi Ōmura
Transport Pilot

Shin Ōtomo
Yamato Communications Chief

Akira Wakamatsu
Deputy Duty Officer

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Air Base Officer

Yūzō Kayama
Captain Shiro Taki

Takashi Shimura
Admiral

Yōsuke Natsuki
Captain Nobuo Ataka

Makoto Satō
Teppei Yano

Jun Tazaki
Commander

Seizaburō Kawazu
Kosaku Aruga

Ren Yamamoto
Special Attack Unit Officer

Shōichi Hirose
Non-Commissioned Officer

Yuriko Hoshi
Miyako Tamai

Kō Nishimura
Petty Officer Inaba

Akihiko Hirata
Senda's Aide