| Attack Squadron! | |
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| Directed by | Shue Matsubayashi |
| Screenplay by | Katsuya Suzaki [1] |
| Produced by |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Takeshi Suzuki [1] |
| Edited by | Yoshitami Kuroiwa [1] |
| Music by | Ikuma Dan [1] |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Toho |
Release date |
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Running time | 101 minutes [1] |
| Country | Japan |
Attack Squadron! (太平洋の翼, Taiheiyō no Tsubasa, transl. "Wings of the Pacific") is a 1963 Japanese film directed by Shue Matsubayashi, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film is about Lt. Colonel Senda ( Toshiro Mifune) who commands three fighter squadrons, eventually being dominated by Allied forces in June 1944. [1] [2]
Release
Attack Squadron! was released in Japan on 3 January 1963 where it was distributed by Toho. [1] The film was Toho's second highest-grossing film of the year and the 9th highest-grossing domestic film production in Japan in 1963. [1]
The film was released theatrically in the United States by Toho International with English subtitles on February 1, 1975. [1] It was released to home video by Combat Home Video in 1988 as Kamikaze with an English-language dub. [1] Stuart Galbraith IV commented on this release, stating that it was panned-and-scanned with "some of the wore telecine work ever done; the entire film appears to have been mastered showing only the extreme left side of the image." [1]
Cast
- Toshiro Mifune as Senda
- Yūzō Kayama as Taki
- Yosuke Natsuki as Aaka
- Makoto Satō as Yano
- Kō Nishimura as Inaba
- Yuriko Hoshi as Miyako Tamai
- Ryō Ikebe as Mihara
- Akihiko Hirata as Katō
- Ichirō Nakatani as Nakamura
- Kiyoshi Atsumi as Tange
- Takashi Shimura as Koshirō Oikawa
- Jun Tazaki as Nakama
- Seiji Miyaguchi as Takijirō Ōnishi
- Susumu Fujita as Seiichi Itō
References
Footnotes
Sources
- Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
External links
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| Attack Squadron! | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Shue Matsubayashi |
| Screenplay by | Katsuya Suzaki [1] |
| Produced by |
|
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Takeshi Suzuki [1] |
| Edited by | Yoshitami Kuroiwa [1] |
| Music by | Ikuma Dan [1] |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Toho |
Release date |
|
Running time | 101 minutes [1] |
| Country | Japan |
Attack Squadron! (太平洋の翼, Taiheiyō no Tsubasa, transl. "Wings of the Pacific") is a 1963 Japanese film directed by Shue Matsubayashi, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film is about Lt. Colonel Senda ( Toshiro Mifune) who commands three fighter squadrons, eventually being dominated by Allied forces in June 1944. [1] [2]
Release
Attack Squadron! was released in Japan on 3 January 1963 where it was distributed by Toho. [1] The film was Toho's second highest-grossing film of the year and the 9th highest-grossing domestic film production in Japan in 1963. [1]
The film was released theatrically in the United States by Toho International with English subtitles on February 1, 1975. [1] It was released to home video by Combat Home Video in 1988 as Kamikaze with an English-language dub. [1] Stuart Galbraith IV commented on this release, stating that it was panned-and-scanned with "some of the wore telecine work ever done; the entire film appears to have been mastered showing only the extreme left side of the image." [1]
Cast
- Toshiro Mifune as Senda
- Yūzō Kayama as Taki
- Yosuke Natsuki as Aaka
- Makoto Satō as Yano
- Kō Nishimura as Inaba
- Yuriko Hoshi as Miyako Tamai
- Ryō Ikebe as Mihara
- Akihiko Hirata as Katō
- Ichirō Nakatani as Nakamura
- Kiyoshi Atsumi as Tange
- Takashi Shimura as Koshirō Oikawa
- Jun Tazaki as Nakama
- Seiji Miyaguchi as Takijirō Ōnishi
- Susumu Fujita as Seiichi Itō
References
Footnotes
Sources
- Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
External links
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| This article related to a Japanese film of the 1960s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
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| This article about a film on World War II is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |