The Falcon Fighters (1969)
1h 40m
Running Time
November 1, 1969Release Date
The Falcon Fighters (1969)
1h 40m
Running Time
November 1, 1969Release Date
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Plot.
In the prewar days leading up to the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937, head flight instructor Lt. Katō Tateo of the Imperial Japanese Army-Air Corps trains new volunteers from the Army's Infantry to become Japan's next generation of fighter pilots at the Tokorozawa Flying School. Flying Kawasaki Ko-4 biplanes, Lt. Katō will train both friend and future foe alike. But as war in China breaks out, Katō now in command of the 5th Rentai will take his untested men flying antiquated planes into aerial combat against the Chinese Air Force who is now headed by Lt. Cho who Katō both earlier befriended and personally trained himself. While Katō's squadron ultimately achieves air superiority over the skies of Manchuria, it comes at a high price in men to which each loss carries a heavy burden that he alone must carry. As the war widens into the Second World War, Captain Katō must battle an ever advancing array of deadlier new enemies flying ever more modern fighter planes.
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Cast & Crew.

Makoto Satō
Lt. Takeo Kato

Kōjirō Hongō
2nd Lt. Ando

Ken Utsui

Jun Fujimaki
Cho Eishun

Shiho Fujimura
Kato's Wife

Yôko Namikawa
Keiko

Toru Minegishi

Akio Hasegawa

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Kōji Fujiyama
Actor

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Kenji Go
Actor

Setsuko Hama
Actress

Bontarō Miake

Yoshiyuki Miyazaki
Editor

Sei Hiraizumi
2nd Lt. Kihara

Kimio Watanabe
Director of Photography

Masaichi Nagata
Executive Producer

Katsuya Susaki
Screenplay

Yukio Okumura
Sound Recordist

Shoichi Uehara
Lighting Technician

Koichi Takahashi
Art Direction

Toyo Suzuki
Editor

Mitsuo Murayama
Director
Details.
Release DateNovember 1, 1969
Original Nameあゝ陸軍隼戦闘隊
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Genres
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