Father of the Kamikaze

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 14, 1974

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Toei Company

Cast

Hiroki Matsukata,Shōtarō Hayashi,Koji Tsuruta,Hideo Murota,Noboru Andō,Gorō Ibuki,Tsunehiko Watase,Tatsuo Umemiya,Rinichi Yamamoto,Shinichirō Mikamiand 15 more

Director

Kōsaku Yamashita

Writer

Tatsuo Nogami,Kazuo Kasahara

Producer

Kōji Shundō

Cinematography

Kenji Tsukagoshi

Music

Chūji Kinoshita

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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