Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky (1943)

ALL 05/01/1943 (ja) Action, War, Drama 81 Min
  • Release
    05/01/1943
  • Production
    Toho Eiga Co., Ltd.
  • Rotten tomato
    50%
  • Original title
    決戰の大空へ
  • Original language
    ja
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Young men endure challenging flight training in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Army and Navy. By the time of the filming, the pressure of the war had led the government to shorten the training and expand the age range of the recruits. Yokaren was highly selective, and thus an object of great fascination and desire for boys and young men. In this Navy–sponsored film, Setsuko Hara plays the daughter of a family that often entertains recruits on their days off—a surrogate sister to many trainees. Her fragile younger brother aspires to join the program, but is rejected. With perseverance and much support from Hara and their mother, he surmounts his weaknesses and becomes a flier.

  1. Kunio Watanabe

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor



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Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky (1943) 81 Min

ALL 05/01/1943 (ja)
Action, War, Drama
  • Release 05/01/1943
  • Production
    Toho Eiga Co., Ltd.
  • Original title 決戰の大空へ
  • ja
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Young men endure challenging flight training in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Army and Navy. By the time of the filming, the pressure of the war had led the government to shorten the training and expand the age range of the recruits. Yokaren was highly selective, and thus an object of great fascination and desire for boys and young men. In this Navy–sponsored film, Setsuko Hara plays the daughter of a family that often entertains recruits on their days off—a surrogate sister to many trainees. Her fragile younger brother aspires to join the program, but is rejected. With perseverance and much support from Hara and their mother, he surmounts his weaknesses and becomes a flier.

  1. Kunio Watanabe

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Ryôzô Yamashita

    Producer