Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies!
花の特攻隊 あゝ戦友よ
Release: 1970-05-16
·Runtime: 95m
Drama
War
In 1943 Japan is facing defeat. This makes Shinkichi, a straight, selfless student-patriot, ever more restless. He can no longer stand his soft "behind-the- gun" role of munition factory worker. School-mates one after another are going to the front, where he feels he should be. The last straw is an official report of his father's death in the Battle of Attu in the Aleutian Islands. He rushes to the naval air corps training camp at Tsuchiura along with his close school-mates Naito, Yamada, Saito and Tagawa as Volunteer pilot trainees leaving his mother and sweetheart weeping and helpless.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Nikkatsu Corporation
Cast
Eiji Gō
Harumi Sone
Kōji Nanbara
as Commander Akiyama
Tetsuro Tamba
Jiro Okazaki
Masako Izumi
as Miho Tagawa
Yoshi Katō
Ryotaro Sugi
as Shinkichi Hamamura
Tatsuya Fuji
as Naito
Masaya Oki
Ruriko Itô
Ryoichi Tamagawa
Ryōhei Uchida
Mitsuo Hamada
as Saito
Meiko Kaji
Yoshirō Aoki
Akio Hasegawa
as Yamada
