For Those We Love

In 1943, as Japan's WWII effort falters, a vice-admiral proposes training squadrons of "volunteer" flyers to crash their armed planes into Allied warships. Yarn follows the lives of kamikaze pilots, as remembered by an aging Kyushu restaurateur who cherishes their memory. Honoring the dead and multiple military anthems may stir the soul of some Japanese, but elsewhere auds will make a one-way trip for exits. Battle scenes are well-executed and script delivers some memorable scenes, but overall competent helming and thesping are powerless over writer-cum-Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishiara's repetitive storytelling. A post-war postscript adds considerable length to an already over-extended narrative. Tech credits are good quality.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

War,

Drama

Duration:

135 minutes

Year:

2007

Director:

Taku Shinjo

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Company:

Toei Video Company,

Nippon Television Network Corporation,

Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation,

Toei Company

Cast:

Kapitän Nakanishi

Leutnant Bando

Leutnant Tabata

Tome Torihama

Reiko Torihama

Crew:

Writer

Director

Theme Song Performance

Visual Effects Supervisor

Executive Producer