For Those We Love

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 12, 2007

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Nippon Television Network Corporation,Toei Company,Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation,Toei Video Company

Cast

Satoshi Tokushige,Yosuke Kubozuka,Michitaka Tsutsui,Keiko Kishi,Mikako Tabe,Yasuyuki Maekawa,Tomoya Nakamura,Dai Watanabe,Noboru Kimura,Ren Hulkand 32 more

Director

Taku Shinjo

Writer

Shintarō Ishihara

Producer

Shintarō Ishihara

Cinematography

Hiroyuki Kitazawa,Shoji Ueda

Music

Naoki Sato

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0882797