Movielogr
Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies! (1970)
Directed by Kenjiro Morinaga
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.
Length 95 minutes
Actors
Ryotaro Sugi | Tatsuya Fuji | Mitsuo Hamada | Jirô Okazaki | Akio Hasegawa | Masaya Oki | Hisashi Kawaguchi | Eiji Gō | Masako Izumi | Meiko Kaji | Ruriko Itô | Michiko Nakahata | Harumi Sone | Yoshirô Aoki | Kiyotaka Mitsugi | Bin Moritsuka | Yoshi Katô | Ryoichi Tamagawa | Kôji Nanbara | Ryôhei Uchida | Tetsurō Tamba