For Those We Love

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Satoshi Tokushige

Kapitän Nakanishi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Yosuke Kubozuka

Leutnant Bando

Age : 44 | Popularity : 4%

Michitaka Tsutsui

Leutnant Tabata

Age : 53 | Popularity : 6%

Keiko Kishi

Tome Torihama

Age : 91 | Popularity : 3%

Mikako Tabe

Reiko Torihama

Age : 35 | Popularity : 9%

Yasuyuki Maekawa

Kaneyama

Age : 47 | Popularity : 6%

Masatō Ibu

Vice Admiral Takijiro Onishi

Age : 75 | Popularity : 3%

Satoru Matsuo

Age : 48 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Crew	Cinematography	Shôji Ueda Hiroyuki Kitazawa
Production	Executive Producer	Shintarō Ishihara
Writing	Writer	Shintarō Ishihara
Directing	Director	Taku Shinjo
Art	Art Direction	Hidetaka Ozawa
Sound	Original Music Composer	Naoki Sato
	Theme Song Performance	B'z
Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	Koichi Noguchi
Department	Role	Name

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