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

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

19701h 35m

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.

Directed by Kenjirō Morinaga
Written by Ryuzo Nakanishi, Kōhan Kawauchi
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Top Cast

Ryotaro Sugi

Ryotaro Sugi

Shinkichi Hamamura

Tatsuya Fuji

Tatsuya Fuji

Naito

Mitsuo Hamada

Mitsuo Hamada

Saito

Jiro Okazaki

Jiro Okazaki

Akio Hasegawa

Akio Hasegawa

Yamada

Masaya Oki

Masaya Oki

H

Hisashi Kawaguchi

Eiji Gō

Eiji Gō

Masako Izumi

Masako Izumi

Miho Tagawa

Meiko Kaji

Meiko Kaji

Themes & Keywords

world war ii

About Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies!

Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies! is a drama, war film released in 1970 exploring themes of world war ii. Directed by Kenjirō Morinaga, it stars Ryotaro Sugi, Tatsuya Fuji, Mitsuo Hamada. 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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