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Release Date:
May 1, 1943
Original Title:
決戰の大空へ
Alternate Titles:
Kessen no ôzora e
Krssen no ôzora he
決戦の大空へ
Genres:
Action | Drama | War
Production Companies:
Toho Eiga Co., Ltd.
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 81
Young men endure challenging flight training in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Army and Navy. By the time of the filming, the pressure of the war had led the government to shorten the training and expand the age range of the recruits. Yokaren was highly selective, and thus an object of great fascination and desire for boys and young men. In this Navy–sponsored film, Setsuko Hara plays the daughter of a family that often entertains recruits on their days off—a surrogate sister to many trainees. Her fragile younger brother aspires to join the program, but is rejected. With perseverance and much support from Hara and their mother, he surmounts his weaknesses and becomes a flier.
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Art Direction:
Teruaki Abe
Director:
Kunio Watanabe
Director of Photography:
Kikuzô Kawasaki
Original Music Composer:
Noboru Itô
Producer:
Ryôzô Yamashita
Screenplay:
Toshio Yasumi
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