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Release Date:
May 12, 2007
Original Title:
俺は、君のためにこそ死ににいく
Alternate Titles:
Assault On The Pacific - Kamikaze
I Go to Die for You
Ore wa, kimi no tame ni koso shini ni iku
吾为君亡
Genres:
Drama | War
Production Companies:
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Toei Company
Toei Video Company
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 18 GB: 12 SE: 15
Runtime: 135
In 1943, as Japan's WWII effort falters, a vice-admiral proposes training squadrons of "volunteer" flyers to crash their armed planes into Allied warships. Yarn follows the lives of kamikaze pilots, as remembered by an aging Kyushu restaurateur who cherishes their memory. Honoring the dead and multiple military anthems may stir the soul of some Japanese, but elsewhere auds will make a one-way trip for exits. Battle scenes are well-executed and script delivers some memorable scenes, but overall competent helming and thesping are powerless over writer-cum-Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishiara's repetitive storytelling. A post-war postscript adds considerable length to an already over-extended narrative. Tech credits are good quality.
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Art Direction:
Hidetaka Ozawa
Cinematography:
Shôji Ueda
Hiroyuki Kitazawa
Director:
Taku Shinjo
Executive Producer:
Shintarō Ishihara
Original Music Composer:
Naoki Sato
Theme Song Performance:
Tak Matsumoto
Visual Effects Supervisor:
Koichi Noguchi
Writer:
Shintarō Ishihara
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