Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies! (1970)
Overview
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.
Cast
Ryotaro Sugi
Shinkichi Hamamura
Tatsuya Fuji
Naito
Mitsuo Hamada
Saito
Jiro Okazaki
Akio Hasegawa
Yamada
Masaya Oki
Eiji Gō
Masako Izumi
Miho Tagawa
Meiko Kaji
Ruriko Itô
Harumi Sone
Yoshirō Aoki
Yoshi Katō
Ryoichi Tamagawa
Kōji Nanbara
Commander Akiyama
Ryōhei Uchida
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