For Those We Love
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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.
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Principal cast & crew: 15
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Shot by Hiroyuki KitazawaScored by Naoki Sato
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15 unique people credited
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Satoshi Tokushige
as Nakanishi Masaya - Lieutenant
Yosuke Kubozuka
as Bandô Katsuji - Lieutenant
Michitaka Tsutsui
as Tabata Kôichi - Lieutenant
Keiko Kishi
as Torihama Tome
Yasuyuki Maekawa
as Kanayama - Lieutenant
Tomoya Nakamura
as Kawai Sôichi - Sergeant
Mikako Tabe
as Torihama Reiko
Dai Watanabe
as Katô - Corporal
Katsutaka Furuhata
as Ôshima Shigeo - Corporal
Shinichi Tanaka
as Araki - Lieutenant
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