Overview
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 and cast
- Tsuneo Kobayashi Director
- Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as Lieutenant Colonel Kotani
- Hitomi Nakahara as Reiko Suzuki
- Ken Takakura as Jiro Nakata
- Hiroki Umezaki as Nishida
- Kenji Imai as Shuji Sato
- Michiko Hoshi as Toshiko Sato
- Jun Usami as Base Commander Kabashima
- Mitsue Komiya as Miyoko
- Akiko Kazami as Takako Kotani
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