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Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
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Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky

1943-05-01 · 81 min · ★ 5.0

Action · War · Drama

Young men endure challenging flight training in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Army and Navy. By the time of the filming, the pressure of the war had led the government to shorten the training and expand the age range of the recruits. Yokaren was highly selective, and thus an object of great fascination and desire for boys and young men. In this Navy–sponsored film, Setsuko Hara plays the daughter of a family that often entertains recruits on their days off—a surrogate sister to many trainees. Her fragile younger brother aspires to join the program, but is rejected. With perseverance and much support from Hara and their mother, he surmounts his weaknesses and becomes a flier.

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Directors
Kunio Watanabe
Production companies
Toho Eiga
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Setsuko HaraSetsuko Hara
Minoru TakadaMinoru Takada
Yataro KurokawaYataro Kurokawa
Masaru Kodaka
Yuriko HanabusaYuriko Hanabusa
Akitake KōnoAkitake Kōno
Sōji KiyokawaSōji Kiyokawa

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