Destroyer Yukikaze

Yutaro Kida, a worker at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal, volunteers for the navy but finds himself a cook's mate in the galley of a gunboat. But his dream is eventually realized when he is transferred to the new and powerful destroyer Yukikaze which he helped to build. When the Pacific War breaks out Yukikaze performs valiantly in the South Pacific, and while on shore leave, Kida meets and falls in love with Yukiko, younger sister of his commander.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

War,

Drama

Duration:

92 minutes

Year:

1964

Director:

Tatsuo Yamada

Cast:
Isamu Nagato

Yutaro Kida

Shima Iwashita

Yukiko Tejima

Teruo Yoshida

Homare Suguro

Yuji Kida

Shinichirō Mikami

Crew:
Kenichi Ohashi

Screenplay

Tatsuo Yamada

Director

Shin Nagata

Editor

Yasuhiro Tokura

Screenplay

Shigeo Itabashi

Director of Photography