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Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies!(1970)
Status: Released
Date: 1970-05-16
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Time: 1h 35m
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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.
Languages: Japanese.
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Japan
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Movie: Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies!
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杉良太郎
Shinkichi Hamamura
藤竜也
Naito
浜田光夫
Saito
岡崎二朗
長谷川明男
Yamada
沖雅也
郷鍈治
和泉雅子
Miho Tagawa
梶芽衣子
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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.
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1970-05-16
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