Flight from Ashiya (1964)

Name: Flight from Ashiya
Genre: Romance, Adventure, Action, Drama, War & Politics
Released: 1964-03-25

1h 40m

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March 25, 1964
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Plot.

Featuring an all-star cast and on-location shooting in Japan, where the story is set, three US Air Force rescue pilots must overcome their personal problems and differences to embark upon a dangerous mission to save raft-bound Japanese survivors from a murderous storm-tossed sea. As they head for their location, the film flashes back to chronicle the pasts of each pilot to make clear their mixed feelings about their upcoming assignment.

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pilot ·

u.s. air force

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Details.

Release Date
March 25, 1964

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 40m

Genres
Romance Adventure Action Drama War & Politics

Wiki.

Flight from Ashiya (aka Ashiya Kara no hiko) is a 1964 film about the U.S. Air Force's Air Rescue Service, flying from Ashiya Air Base, Japan. In this American-Japanese co-production film set in the early 1960s, a flight crew's mission is to rescue a liferaft of Japanese civilians stranded in rough seas. The film was based on the 1956 novel Rescue! by Elliott Arnold (repressed as Flight from Ashiya in 1959). It was released in Japan as Ashiya Kara no hiko.