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The first batch of flight control officer candidates, full of yearning for the sky, are assembled at the 101st Air Regiment base. Nakata, Sato, and the other cadets undergo intensive training under Captain Kotani, a famous pilot, but gradually begin to resent his strict leadership. A youthful story that vividly portrays the young pilots of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force who place their hopes in the sky. Japan's first full-length film about jet aviation, it was shot on location at the Hamamatsu Air Self-Defense Force Base over an extended period of time, with dozens of jets being mobilized for the filming.Read moreLess
The first batch of flight control officer candidates, full of yearning for the sky, are assembled at the 101st Air Regiment base. Nakata, Sato, and the other cadets undergo intensive training under Captain Kotani, a famous pilot, but gradually begin to resent his strict leadership. A youthful story that vividly portrays the young pilots of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force who place their hopes in the sky. Japan's first full-length film about jet aviation, it was shot on location at the Hamamatsu Air Self-Defense Force Base over an extended period of time, with dozens of jets being mobilized for the filming.
The story
The first batch of flight control officer candidates, full of yearning for the sky, are assembled at the 101st Air Regiment base. Nakata, Sato, and the other cadets undergo intensive training under Captain Kotani, a famous pilot, but gradually begin to resent his strict leadership. A youthful story that vividly portrays the young pilots of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force who place their hopes in the sky. Japan's first full-length film about jet aviation, it was shot on location at the Hamamatsu Air Self-Defense Force Base over an extended period of time, with dozens of jets being mobilized for the filming.
Cast & crew
Ryūnosuke TsukigataLieutenant Colonel Kotani
Hitomi NakaharaReiko Suzuki
Ken TakakuraJiro Nakata
Kenji ImaiShuji Sato
Michiko HoshiToshiko Sato
Jun UsamiBase Commander Kabashima
Mitsue KomiyaMiyoko
Akiko KazamiTakako Kotani
Takashi Kanda
Akikane SawaCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Tsuneo Kobayashi
- Screenplay
- Shin Morita
- Director of Photography
- Ichirō Hoshijima
- Original Music Composer
- Takio Niki
- Editor
- Yoshiki Nagasawa