Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japans Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and is welcomed with pride in his hometown on his return. As Japan racks up victory after victory in the Pacific War, Kitami is caught up in the emotion of the time and fights courageously for the standard of Japanese honor. But his assuredness of his governments righteousness is shaken after the Japanese navy is defeated in the debacle of Midway.
1960
HD
118min
Japan
Japanese
Shūe Matsubayashi
Hugo Grimaldi
Yōsuke Natsuki
Toshirō Mifune
Jun Tazaki
Koji Tsuruta
Takashi Shimura
Makoto Satō
Aiko Mimasu
Misa Uehara
world war ii
pearl harbor
battle of midway
aircraft carrier
pacific theater
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