Release Date

01 May, 1943

Runtime

01:21: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Young men endure challenging flight training in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Army and Navy. By the time of the filming, the pressure of the war had led the government to shorten the training and expand the age range of the recruits. Yokaren was highly selective, and thus an object of great fascination and desire for boys and young men. In this Navy–sponsored film, Setsuko Hara plays the daughter of a family that often entertains recruits on their days off—a surrogate sister to many trainees. Her fragile younger brother aspires to join the program, but is rejected. With perseverance and much support from Hara and their mother, he surmounts his weaknesses and becomes a flier.

Original Title

決戰の大空へ

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Actors

原節子

高田稔

黒川弥太郎

小高まさる

英百合子

河野秋武

清川荘司

Crew

渡辺邦男

Teruaki Abe

八住利雄

Noboru Itô

Kikuzô Kawasaki

Ryôzô Yamashita