Flight from Ashiya

Synopsis

Featuring an all-star cast and on-location shooting in Japan, where the story is set, three US Air Force rescue pilots must overcome their personal problems and differences to embark upon a dangerous mission to save raft-bound Japanese survivors from a murderous storm-tossed sea. As they head for their location, the film flashes back to chronicle the pasts of each pilot to make clear their mixed feelings about their upcoming assignment.

Main Cast

Yul Brynner

TSgt. Mike Takashima

Age : 65 | Popularity : 11%

Richard Widmark

L:t. Col. Glenn Stevenson

Age : 93 | Popularity : 6%

George Chakiris

2nd Lt. John Gregg

Age : 89 | Popularity : 6%

Suzy Parker

Lucille Caroll

Age : 70 | Popularity : 3%

Shirley Knight

Caroline Gordon / Stevenson

Age : 83 | Popularity : 16%

Danièle Gaubert

Leila

Age : 44 | Popularity : 5%

Eiko Taki

Tomiko

Age : 80 | Popularity : 7%

Joe Di Reda

SSgt. Randy Smith

Age : 78 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	Burnett Guffey Joseph MacDonald
Production	Executive Producer	Masaichi Nagata
	Producer	Harold Hecht
	Production Manager	Gilbert Kurland
Art	Production Design	Eugène Lourié
	Art Direction	Tomoo Shimogawara
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	Robert J. Schiffer Daniel C. Striepeke Eric Allwright
Writing	Writer	Waldo Salt Elliott Arnold
	Novel	Elliott Arnold
Directing	Director	Michael Anderson
Sound	Original Music Composer	Frank Cordell
Editing	Editor	Gordon Pilkington
Department	Role	Name

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