Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies! (1970)

Production companies : Nikkatsu Corporation /

May 16, 1970 1h 35m Japan Drama Japanese More

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In 1943 Japan is facing defeat. This makes Shinkichi, a straight, selfless student-patriot, ever more restless. He can no longer stand his soft "behind-the- gun" role of munition factory worker. School-mates one after another are going to the front, where he feels he should be. The last straw is an official report of his father's death in the Battle of Attu in the Aleutian Islands. He rushes to the naval air corps training camp at Tsuchiura along with his close school-mates Naito, Yamada, Saito and Tagawa as Volunteer pilot trainees leaving his mother and sweetheart weeping and helpless.

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title：Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies!
status：Released
Release date： 1970
Runtime：1h 35m
Genres： Drama · War ·
Countries of origin： Japan ·
Original Language： Japanese ·
Director： Kenjirō Morinaga /
Writers： Kōhan Kawauchi · Ryuzo Nakanishi ·
Production companies： Nikkatsu Corporation ·
Overview：In 1943 Japan is facing defeat. This makes Shinkichi, a straight, selfless student-patriot, ever more restless. He can no longer stand his soft "behind-the- gun" role of munition factory worker. School-mates one after another are going to the front, where he feels he should be. The last straw is an official report of his father's death in the Battle of Attu in the Aleutian Islands. He rushes to the naval air corps training camp at Tsuchiura along with his close school-mates Naito, Yamada, Saito and Tagawa as Volunteer pilot trainees leaving his mother and sweetheart weeping and helpless.