Kamikaze: An Untold History

Overview

On the Pacific front, towards the end of World War II, Japan's imperial armed forces launched 'kamikaze' attacks - suicide missions by aircraft laden with bombs. It was a mad operation with no hope of returning alive, but the nation went wild, and the attacks continued for ten months, literally until the very last day of the war. Close to 4,000 Japanese airmen died, and nearly 7,000 Allied military personnel were killed, and thousands more were injured by the attacks. How could this happen? Utilising 15 years' worth of extensive interviews with US and Japanese World War II veterans, Takayuki Oshima’s film delves into the mechanism of how a crazed madness swept through an entire nation.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 28, 2025

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

English, Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

NHK

Cast

Yusuke Orita,Tomokazu Kasai,Emperor Hirohito of Japan,Togo Igawa,Hayao Fujimoto,Douglas MacArthur

Director

Takayuki Oshima

Producer

Koichi Ota,Yuzo Hamada,Yuko Saotome

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt37731610