Jet Air Base 101

IMDb 0.0 1957 • 83 min • WarDrama

Director

Tsuneo Kobayashi

Country

JP

Plot Summary

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 Cast

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Hitomi Nakahara
Hitomi Nakahara Reiko Suzuki
Ken Takakura
Ken Takakura Jiro Nakata
Kenji Imai
Kenji Imai Shuji Sato
Michiko Hoshi
Michiko Hoshi Toshiko Sato