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Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated solution was to convince the Americans that invading Japan would cause massive casualties on both sides. The cold logic of suicide attacks, where one man and one plane could kill hundreds, seemed the only solution. In one of the cruel ironies of fate, Ohnishi actually succeeded; he convinced the Americans that invading Japan would be too costly in lives. But what he could not foresee was that America had another way of ending the war.Read moreLess
Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated solution was to convince the Americans that invading Japan would cause massive casualties on both sides. The cold logic of suicide attacks, where one man and one plane could kill hundreds, seemed the only solution. In one of the cruel ironies of fate, Ohnishi actually succeeded; he convinced the Americans that invading Japan would be too costly in lives. But what he could not foresee was that America had another way of ending the war.
The story
Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated solution was to convince the Americans that invading Japan would cause massive casualties on both sides. The cold logic of suicide attacks, where one man and one plane could kill hundreds, seemed the only solution. In one of the cruel ironies of fate, Ohnishi actually succeeded; he convinced the Americans that invading Japan would be too costly in lives. But what he could not foresee was that America had another way of ending the war.
Cast & crew
Koji TsurutaAdmiral Takijiro Onishi
Noboru AndōCast
Shinjirō EharaCast
Tatsuo EndōCast
Kensaku HaraCast
Ryōji HayamaCast
Shōtarō HayashiCast
Gorō IbukiCast
Ryō IkebeCast
Masataka IwaoCast
Nobuo KanekoCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Kōsaku Yamashita
- Original Music Composer
- Chūji Kinoshita
- Screenplay
- Kazuo Kasahara
- Screenplay
- Tatsuo Nogami
- Director of Photography
- Kenji Tsukagoshi