Cry, the last fighter of the Japanese people

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Cry, the last fighter of the Japanese people is a 1956 nikkatsu war film,Directed by Hiroshi Noguchi.

## Plot

Kodaka Special Attack Base near the end of the war. Most officers, including Lieutenant Nobu Shirase, are young officers from preparatory students. However, Major Sekine, the commander of the base, was a non-commissioned officer and desperately tried to recover from the failure of the Southern operation. Lieutenant Endo was worried that his best friend Shirai, who had been in college, would be impatient if he didn't join the sortie. One day, a replacement fighter arrives from Kanoya's carrier-based attack headquarters. Sekine tells Lieutenant Colonel Futaba, a staff member from the headquarters, with a look that "I will meet your expectations." Eventually, Operation Kikusui No. 10 and the names of the 3rd Special Attack Units were announced. Shimizu Daini, who was loved by Shirai, also sorties. In a corner of the airfield, Akiko, a geisha from Ryokusuitei, who is often visited by middle officers who think of her lover Noriko, stands behind her. She was fascinated by him, who was anti-war but serious. At that time, the Grumman plane attacked. Shirai volunteered to sortie in place of Lieutenant Miki, who died in the war, and Commander Sekine was pleased, but Endo was surprised. The day of the sortie. Shirai didn't say anything to Noriko who came to see her from Tokyo the day before. Futoshi Shimizu, who is on board, also said goodbye to his cousin Hiroko, who secretly admires him, and the kamikaze members take off from the base. Great flight weather. Each aircraft that rushes into the enemy task force. However, Shirai's machine landed on the sea due to a breakdown of the oil tank, and Shimizu Daini drowned. A week later, the headquarters was surprised at the survival of Shiroi, who had already become a military god in the second class special advance, and ordered the participation of the 4th Special Attack Unit in honor of the army. However, Shirai returns again while losing one wing. He is surprised to hear that Noriko, who learned of the sortie, committed suicide by drowning. Staff Futaba tells Shirai that he was shot dead because of the army, but Sekine is confused and insists on participating in the next sortie. Overnight, Shirai gets drunk at Ryokusuitei, and Akiko tries to escape together, but his heart burns with resentment. Shirai does not hear Commander Sekine's sortie order that appears there. Akiko inadvertently stabbed Sekine, who went upside down and took out her pistol, with Shiroi's dagger. The next day, leaving the dying Sekine in the command room, Shirai disappeared into the white clouds with a fighter as if he was absent-minded.

## Overview

The first in a series of war memorials that dramatically depicts the tragedy of the kamikaze corps that shook the world during the war with thrill and speed. The original story by Toshio Tanimoto is co-dramatized by newcomer Osamu Kawase and Susumu Saji of "Young things appeal", Michio Otsuka of "Edo Ichizoku no Mushi", directed by Hiroshi Noguchi following "Hell's wad", and also shot by Kazue Nagatsuka. In charge of. The main performers are Ryoji Hayama of "Blue Rage", Izumi Ashikawa of "Red Light", Shiro Osaka of "Nikoyon Monogatari", Shinsuke Maki of "Man from Underground", and Tomoko Ko of "Our Town". In addition, Kenjiro Uemura, Misako Watanabe, Mieko Hirooka, Setsuko Amemiya, etc.

## Cast

* Ryoji Hayama (Lieutenant Shirai, etc.)
* Izumi Ashikawa (Lt. Matsusaburo (Lt. Kuroiwa)
* Akira Nishimura (Commander, Lieutenant Sekine)
* Nagahiro (Lt. Masaharu Miki)
* Keichi Nakahara (Lt. Lieutenant Hiroko Shimizu)
* Setsuko Amemiya (Kumi)
* Mieko Hirooka (Sumie)
* Hisako Hara [Hisako Hara] (Nishikawa's mother)
* Yumi Takano (Shinichi's aunt, Hiroko's mother Yae Shimizu)
* Sakae Kitabayashi ( "Chiyomoto" proprietress)
* Takashi Sudo (Saburo Nishikawa)
* Yoichiro Mikawa (high-ranking officer)

* Sanpei Mine (military), Jun Yukioka (Lt. Iguchi)
* Masaru Kamiyama (Lieutenant Kaneda)
* Shigeo Hayashi (Fuji Matsumoto)
* High-quality (Maintenance soldier Yamamoto)
* Tomio Aoki (Maintenance soldier)
* Tsuyoshi Kuroda (Air Corps member Imamura)
* Shuji Hayami (Takeuchi)
* Lieutenant Yashima (Lieutenant Akiyama)
* Hiroshi Imamura (a lieutenant from the preparatory course)
* Kenji Tsuboi, Koji Yashiro (Lieutenant Nishimura)
* Toyo Fukuda (maid)
* Mizumi Tatsuno (maid of "Chiyomoto")
* Asako Tsuda (Machiko)

* Misa Arikawa (Ye)
* Katsura Kano (Air Corps member)
* Takenobu Yamaji (Messenger)
* Yoshiro Kato (Air Corps member, Arai)

## Staff

* Directed by Hiroshi Noguchi
* Screenplay Osamu Kawase Susumu Saji Michio Otsuka
* Original Toshio Tanimoto
* Production Kano Otsuka
* Photograph Kazue Nagatsuka
* Art Takashi Matsuyama
* Musics Yui Makino
* Recording Saburo Takahashi
* Illumination Ai Kono