

105 minutes
2/10/1954
A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they understand that Japanese military tactics have little regard for life. Seeking the companionship of any woman who will have them, they spend their days indulging in every fantasy in order to escape the overwhelming fear of death looming just over the horizon.

Ryō Ikebe
as Captain Wakabayashi

Mariko Okada
as Sumiko Komatsu

Rentaro Mikuni
as Captain Katase

Chieko Nakakita
as Michiyo

Akihiko Hirata
as First lieutenant Noguchi

Akemi Negishi
as Kimu

Akira Kubo
as Shimada

Yū Fujiki
as (uncredited)

Kenji Sahara
as (uncredited)

Haruo Nakajima
as Soldier (uncredited)

Mayuri Mokushô
Bob Booth

Fuyuki Murakami
Akira Tani
Munenori Oyamada

Seijirô Onda
Etsuo Saijo
Masao Mizuno
Toyoaki Suzuki
Ichirō Tate
Kiyoshi Kamoda
Masazumi Okabe

Shōichi Hirose
Saburô Kadowaki
Kimio Shimazaki
Yutaka Oka
Tsuneo Katagiri
Jun Mikami
Hideko Ebata
Kazumi Hanabusa
Kazuko Igarashi
Hiroko Terasawa
Yoko Ueno
Ryûtarô Amami
Kenzo Echigo
Haruya Sakamoto

Yutaka Sada
Masaaki Tachibana
Ichirō Chiba
Mitsuo Tsuda

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Mitsuo Matsumoto

Rinsaku Ogata

Hideo Shibuya
Minoru Itō
Masaki Shinohara
Ren Imaizumi
Kyōko Ozawa
Saeko Kuroiwa
Kōji Uruki
Junpei Natsuki