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Kamikaze funeral pyre
A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedication to the army has never faltered. However, as the war draws to a close, his commanding officers become increasingly desperate and push their men to ever more absurd extremes. The ridiculousness of the orders from above peak when the hero of the story is assigned to drive a one-man submarine straight into the hull of an enemy battleship.Read moreLess
A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedication to the army has never faltered. However, as the war draws to a close, his commanding officers become increasingly desperate and push their men to ever more absurd extremes. The ridiculousness of the orders from above peak when the hero of the story is assigned to drive a one-man submarine straight into the hull of an enemy battleship.
The story
A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedication to the army has never faltered. However, as the war draws to a close, his commanding officers become increasingly desperate and push their men to ever more absurd extremes. The ridiculousness of the orders from above peak when the hero of the story is assigned to drive a one-man submarine straight into the hull of an enemy battleship.
Cast & crew
Minori Terada
Naoko OhtaniThe Girl
Hideyo AmamotoFather
Masao ImafukuSchool Principal
Chishū RyūBookstore Owner
Tanie KitabayashiBookstore Owner's Wife
Masumi HarukawaWoman in Apron
Shoichi OzawaSergeant
Kin SugaiSergeant's Wife
Yoshitaka ZushiOlder BrotherExplore the crew
- Director
- Kihachi Okamoto
- Writer
- Kihachi Okamoto
- Producer
- Kazuo Baba
- Director of Photography
- Hiroshi Murai
- Original Music Composer
- Masaru Satō
- Editor
- Yoshihiro Araki