Ozora no samurai

original title:
Ozora no samurai
other titles:
Samurai of the Sky, Zero Pilot, (Sturzflug in die Hölle)
country / year of production:
Japan / 1976
original length:
102 min. , color
premiere:
2 October 1976
genre:
adventure
based on:
Saburo Sakai. Samurai! New York: Dutton, 1957.
director:
Seiji Maruyama
film script:
Katsuya Susaki , Saburo Sakai
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cast (role):
Akihiko Hirata , Takeo Chii
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plot synopsis:
This film shows the life of soldiers with the help of the story of one japanese soldier during World War II.
keywords:
war in the sky , air raid , pilot , communism , order and obedience , single fighter
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Bernd Martin: Deutschland und Japan im Zweiten Weltkrieg: Vom Angriff auf Pearl Harbor bis zur deutschen Kapitulation. Göttingen: Musterschmidt, 1969.
remarks:
Saburo Sakai was Japan's greatest Flying Ace during World War II.
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