Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky
1943, Japanese. Directed by Kunio Watanabe.
Young men endure challenging flight training in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Army and Navy. By the time of the filming, the pressure of the war had led the government to shorten the training and expand the age range of the recruits. Yokaren was highly selective, and thus an object of great fascination and desire for boys and young men. In this Navy–sponsored film, Setsuko Hara plays the daughter of a family that often entertains recruits on their days off—a surrogate sister to many trainees. Her fragile younger brother aspires to join the program, but is rejected. With perseverance and much support from Hara and their mother, he surmounts his weaknesses and becomes a flier.
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 1 May 1943
- Original title
- 決戰の大空へ
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Toshio Yasumi
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Who directed Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky?
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky (1943) was directed by Kunio Watanabe and stars Setsuko Hara, Minoru Takada, Yataro Kurokawa.