The Burning Sky (1940)

1h 41m
Running Time

May 10, 1940
Release Date

The Burning Sky (1940)

1h 41m
Running Time

May 10, 1940
Release Date

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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.

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Release Date
May 10, 1940

Original Name
燃ゆる大空

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 41m

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The Burning Sky (燃ゆる大空, Moyuru ōzora) is a 1940 black-and-white Japanese war film produced and directed by Yutaka Abe, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film depicts the growth and fighting style of Imperial Japanese Army Air Service officers as they undergo training, and later their interactions with their former instructor as they fight together in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War after he takes command of their squadron. Considered a work of high quality, The Burning Sky is ranked eighth in the Kinema Junpo list of Ten Best Japanese Films. Special cinematographer Eiichi (or Eiji) Tsuburaya won the Japan Photographers Association Award for his work on the film.

The theme song, also called "The Burning Sky," was composed by Kosaku Yamada and sung by Ichiro Fujiyama and was a hit song in Japan.

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