Jet Air Base 101
The first batch of flight control officer candidates, full of yearning for the sky, are assembled at the 101st Air Regiment base. Nakata, Sato, and the other cadets undergo intensive training under Captain Kotani, a famous pilot, but gradually begin to resent his strict leadership. A youthful story that vividly portrays the young pilots of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force who place their hopes in the sky. Japan's first full-length film about jet aviation, it was shot on location at the Hamamatsu Air Self-Defense Force Base over an extended period of time, with dozens of jets being mobilized for the filming.
Top Billed Cast
Hitomi Nakahara
Reiko Suzuki
Ken Takakura
Jiro Nakata
Kenji Imai
Shuji Sato
Michiko Hoshi
Toshiko Sato
Featured Crew
Ichirō Hoshijima
Director of Photography
Shin Morita
Screenplay
Tsuneo Kobayashi
Director
Takio Niki
Original Music Composer
Hideo Motomochi
Lighting Technician
Shuichiro Nakamura
Art Direction
Masanobu Otani
Sound Recordist
Yoshiki Nagasawa
Editor
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