For Those We Love
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.
For Those We LoveFilms
Details
- Release date
- 12 May 2007
- Runtime
- 2 h 15 min
- TMDB 6.1
- Genres
War Drama
- Director
- Countries
JP
- Cast
Satoshi Tokushigeas Kapitän Nakanishi Yosuke Kubozukaas Leutnant Bando Michitaka Tsutsuias Leutnant Tabata Keiko Kishias Tome Torihama Mikako Tabeas Reiko Torihama Yasuyuki Maekawaas Kaneyama Tomoya Nakamuraas Soichi Kawai Dai Watanabeas Staff Sergeant Kato Noboru Kimuraas Second lieutenant Abe Ren Hulkas Sergeant first class Matsumoto - Writers
- Composer
- Cinematography
Hiroyuki Kitazawa Shoji Ueda
