Movie Description
燃ゆる大空
(1940)Overview
The film was produced during Second Sino-Japanese War, before the Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941. The film mainly concerns the training of newly-recruited pilots and their daily life, then their subsequent fighting experiences in China. Army supported the production, providing all the authentic airplanes, training and actual actions. They even provided the older biplanes disguised as Chinese fighter planes. Obinata plays the trainer-turned-combat-leader, who is passionate and cool at the same time. All his boys love him, of course. The film is not as intense, full of sugar-coated camaraderie, until young pilots are killed in action one by one. Last twenty minutes are fairly grim, as the message of self-sacrifice is heard loud and clear.
Featured Crew
- Director : Yutaka Abe
- Producer : Yutaka Abe
- Editor : Toshio Goto
- Cast : Susumu Fujita,Taizō Fukami,Katsuhiko Haida,Seishiro Hara,Kazuo Hasegawa,Kaoru Itō,Sōji Kiyokawa,Satoshi Komori,Jun Maki,Den Obinata
Cast
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Facts
Original Title燃ゆる大空
Status Released
Release Information
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1940-05-10
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 41m
Production CompaniesToho Eiga
Genres
- War
