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6.2 2h 15m

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.

Top Cast

  • Satoshi Tokushige

    Satoshi Tokushige

    Kapitän Nakanishi

  • Yosuke Kubozuka

    Yosuke Kubozuka

    Leutnant Bando

  • Michitaka Tsutsui

    Michitaka Tsutsui

    Leutnant Tabata

  • Keiko Kishi

    Keiko Kishi

    Tome Torihama

  • Mikako Tabe

    Mikako Tabe

    Reiko Torihama

  • Yasuyuki Maekawa

    Yasuyuki Maekawa

    Kaneyama

  • Tomoya Nakamura

    Tomoya Nakamura

    Soichi Kawai

  • Dai Watanabe

    Dai Watanabe

    Staff Sergeant Kato

  • Noboru Kimura

    Noboru Kimura

    Second lieutenant Abe

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.

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