Jet Air Base 101
1957•1h 23m•Released
WarDrama
The first batch of flight control officer candidates, full of yearning for the sky, are assembled at the 101st Air Regiment base. Nakata, Sato, and the other cadets undergo intensive training under Captain Kotani, a famous pilot, but gradually begin to resent his strict leadership. A youthful story that vividly portrays the young pilots of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force who place their hopes in the sky. Japan's first full-length film about jet aviation, it was shot on location at the Hamamatsu Air Self-Defense Force Base over an extended period of time, with dozens of jets being mobilized for the filming.
Director
Tsuneo Kobayashi
Writer
Shin Morita
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Toei Company
Cast
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Lieutenant Colonel Kotani
Hitomi Nakahara
Reiko Suzuki
Ken Takakura
Jiro Nakata
Kenji Imai
Shuji Sato
Michiko Hoshi
Toshiko Sato
Jun Usami
Base Commander Kabashima
Mitsue Komiya
Miyoko
Akiko Kazami
Takako Kotani
Kenji Susukida
Takashi Kanda
Ono
Akikane Sawa
Hiroshi Hayashi
Kurokawa
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