For Those We Love

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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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Creators

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Taku Shinjō

director

Shintarō Ishihara

writer

Cast

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Satoshi Tokushige actor Yōsuke Kubozuka actor Michitaka Tsutsui actor

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Keiko Kishi actor Mikako Tabe actor Yasuyuki Maekawa actor Tomoya Nakamura actor

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Dai Watanabe actor

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Noboru Kimura actor

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Ren Hulk actor

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Yuji Miyashita actor

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Shinichi TANAKA actor

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Katsutaka Furuhata actor Noriko Nakagoshi actor

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Sachiko Sakurai actor

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Naho Toda actor Yoshiko Miyazaki actor

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Minori Terada actor

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Kanae Katsuno actor

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Ryohei Abe actor