The Falcon Fighters

Synopsis

In the prewar days leading up to the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937, head flight instructor Lt. Katō Tateo of the Imperial Japanese Army-Air Corps trains new volunteers from the Army's Infantry to become Japan's next generation of fighter pilots at the Tokorozawa Flying School. Flying Kawasaki Ko-4 biplanes, Lt. Katō will train both friend and future foe alike. But as war in China breaks out, Katō now in command of the 5th Rentai will take his untested men flying antiquated planes into aerial combat against the Chinese Air Force who is now headed by Lt. Cho who Katō both earlier befriended and personally trained himself. While Katō's squadron ultimately achieves air superiority over the skies of Manchuria, it comes at a high price in men to which each loss carries a heavy burden that he alone must carry. As the war widens into the Second World War, Captain Katō must battle an ever advancing array of deadlier new enemies flying ever more modern fighter planes.

Main Cast

Makoto Satō

Lt. Takeo Kato

Age : 78 | Popularity : 5%

Kōjirō Hongō

2nd Lt. Ando

Age : 74 | Popularity : 4%

Ken Utsui

Age : 82 | Popularity : 3%

Jun Fujimaki

Cho Eishun

Age : 88 | Popularity : 4%

Shiho Fujimura

Kato's Wife

Age : 85 | Popularity : 5%

Yôko Namikawa

Keiko

Age : 73 | Popularity : 3%

Toru Minegishi

Age : 65 | Popularity : 4%

Akio Hasegawa

Age : 82 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Art	Art Direction	Koichi Takahashi
Directing	Director	Mitsuo Murayama
Production	Executive Producer	Masaichi Nagata
Crew	Sound Recordist	Yukio Okumura
Writing	Screenplay	Katsuya Susaki
Lighting	Lighting Technician	Shoichi Uehara
Editing	Editor	Toyo Suzuki
Camera	Director of Photography	Kimio Watanabe
Sound	Original Music Composer	Seitaro Omori
Department	Role	Name

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