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.
徳重聡
as Kapitän Nakanishi
窪塚洋介
as Leutnant Bando
筒井道隆
as Leutnant Tabata
岸恵子
as Tome Torihama
多部未華子
as Reiko Torihama
前川泰之
as Kaneyama
中村倫也
as Soichi Kawai
渡辺大
as Staff Sergeant Kato
木村暢
as Second lieutenant Abe
Ren Hulk
as Sergeant first class Matsumoto
Yuji Miyashita
as Staff sergeant Ishikura
Shinichi TANAKA
as Araki
