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Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and is welcomed with pride in his hometown on his return. As Japan racks up victory after victory in the Pacific War, Kitami is caught up in the emotion of the time and fights courageously for the standard of Japanese honor. But his assuredness of his government's righteousness is shaken after the Japanese navy is defeated in the debacle of Midway.

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Yōsuke NatsukiYōsuke NatsukiLt. Koji Kitami
  • Photo of Toshirō MifuneToshirō MifuneAdmiral Tamon Yamaguchi
  • Photo of Koji TsurutaKoji TsurutaLt. Tomonari
  • Photo of Makoto SatōMakoto SatōLt. Matsuura
  • Photo of Aiko MimasuAiko MimasuSato
  • Photo of Jun TazakiJun TazakiCaptain
  • Photo of Takashi ShimuraTakashi ShimuraTosaku
  • Photo of Misa UeharaMisa UeharaKeiko
  • Photo of Keiju KobayashiKeiju Kobayashi
  • Photo of Tatsuya MihashiTatsuya Mihashi

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