The Burning Sky
1940, Japanese. Directed by Yutaka Abe.
The film was produced during Second Sino-Japanese War, before the Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941. The film mainly concerns the training of newly-recruited pilots and their daily life, then their subsequent fighting experiences in China. Army supported the production, providing all the authentic airplanes, training and actual actions. They even provided the older biplanes disguised as Chinese fighter planes. Obinata plays the trainer-turned-combat-leader, who is passionate and cool at the same time. All his boys love him, of course. The film is not as intense, full of sugar-coated camaraderie, until young pilots are killed in action one by one. Last twenty minutes are fairly grim, as the message of self-sacrifice is heard loud and clear.
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 10 May 1940
- Original title
- 燃ゆる大空
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Yasutaro Yagi, Komatsu Kiyamura
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The Burning Sky runs 101 minutes (1h 41m).
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The Burning Sky isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 May 1940. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Burning Sky?
If you liked The Burning Sky, try Jarhead: Law of Return, Flyboys, Wolf Hound.
Who directed The Burning Sky?
The Burning Sky (1940) was directed by Yutaka Abe and stars Susumu Fujita, Taizō Fukami, Katsuhiko Haida.