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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.

Date: 05/12/2007
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Satoshi Tokushige, Yosuke Kubozuka, Michitaka Tsutsui, Keiko Kishi, Mikako Tabe, Yasuyuki Maekawa, Masatô Ibu, Satoru Matsuo, Tohru Emori

Satoshi Tokushige as Kapitän Nakanishi in For Those We Love Satoshi Tokushige

Yosuke Kubozuka as Leutnant Bando in For Those We Love Yosuke Kubozuka

Michitaka Tsutsui as Leutnant Tabata in For Those We Love Michitaka Tsutsui

Keiko Kishi as Tome Torihama in For Those We Love Keiko Kishi

Mikako Tabe as Reiko Torihama in For Those We Love Mikako Tabe

Yasuyuki Maekawa as Kaneyama in For Those We Love Yasuyuki Maekawa

Masatô Ibu as Vice Admiral Takijiro Onishi in For Those We Love Masatô Ibu

Satoru Matsuo as  in For Those We Love Satoru Matsuo

Tohru Emori as 田端由蔵 in For Those We Love Tohru Emori

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