Father of the Kamikaze

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1974 / 199min.

Rating0

Genres

War

Drama

History

Synopsis

Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated solution was to convince the Americans that invading Japan would cause massive casualties on both sides. The cold logic of suicide attacks, where one man and one plane could kill hundreds, seemed the only solution. In one of the cruel ironies of fate, Ohnishi actually succeeded; he convinced the Americans that invading Japan would be too costly in lives. But what he could not foresee was that America had another way of ending the war.

Directors

Actors

Kinya Kitaoji

Koji Tsuruta

Shingo Yamashiro

Toshio Kurosawa

Akira Kobayashi

Hiroki Matsukata

Hideo Murota

Noboru Andō

Nobuo Kaneko

Tatsuo Umemiya

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