2007 · 89 min · dokumentalny

Wings of Defeat

Znany też jako: Ich war ein Kamikaze · Beyond the Sun: Legacy of the Kamikaze · Les ailes de la défaite · Nous etions kamikazes · TOKKO 特攻 · 가미카제 이야기

Opis filmu

Opis oryginalny: angielski

Wings of Defeat is a feature-length documentary exploring the human experience of surviving kamikaze pilots. When director, Risa Morimoto, learned that her beloved uncle had trained as a kamikaze pilot in his youth but carried that secret to his grave, she decided to retrace his footsteps and ask surviving pilots about their provocative experiences. Sixty years later, survivors in their eighties tell us about their training, their mindsets, their experiences in a kamikaze cockpit and what it meant to survive when thousands of their fellow pilots crashed to their deaths. Their stories insist we set aside our preconceptions to relive their all too human experiences with them. Ultimately, they help us question what responsibilities a government at war has to its soldiers and to its people.

Reżyseria i główne role

Reżyseria: Risa Morimoto

Główne role: Eugene Brick jako Self - USS Drexler Survivors, Henry Christensen jako Self (USS Drexler Survivors), John Dower jako John Dower, Takehiko Ena jako Self - Former Kamikaze Pilots, Joseph Haas jako Self - USS Drexler Survivors, Shigeyoshi Hamazono jako Self - Former Kamikaze Pilots

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Linda Hoaglund