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Aug 18, 2014 · Premiered at the 67th Locarno Film Festival, the French-produced “I, Kamikaze” is a pared-down record of a conversation with 90-year old veteran Fujio Hayashi, who volunteered to serve the ...
Article. The Divine Wind: Japan's Kamikaze Pilots of World War II by Author Saul David, PhD. As American ground forces fought for control of Okinawa in the spring of 1945, Japanese Kamikaze pilots wreaked a grim toll on American naval forces. May 19, 2020.
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Jul 6, 2007 · A Japanese blockbuster paints the tokkotai as nationalistic heroes giving their lives for their country. But a new documentary reveals the real human cost of kamikaze tactics in the...
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Nov 3, 2017 · During World War Two, thousands of Japanese pilots volunteered to be kamikaze, suicidally crashing their planes in the name of their emperor. More than 70 years on, the...
- Isoroku (2011) Isoroku presents yet another lesser-known tale about Japan and the war. Despite ordering the attack on Pearl Harbor, Combined Fleet Commander Isoroku Yamamoto was never in favor of the attacks.
- Last Operations Under the Orion (2009) Tetsuo Shinohara’s Last Operations Under the Orion begins with the crew of the I-77 submarine sinking several American battleships, but it’s actually less action-packed than other World War II movies.
- Yamato (2005) Yamato is one of the closest movies to Titanic as it even begins with an expedition to check out the wreckage of a ship before audiences are transported to the time when it actually sank.
- Storm Over the Pacific (1960) In Storm Over the Pacific, audiences get to see the Battle of Midway from the eyes of the young bombardier, Lt. Koji Kitami.
Feb 7, 2024 · The first recorded kamikaze attack against a US ship was in the morning of October 25, 1944 in Samar, in the Philippines. At 10:53, a Mitsubishi A6M5 Zeke deliberately hit USS St. Lo (CVE-63), a survivor of the Battle off Samar. 100 Americans were killed and the escort carrier took less than an hour to sink.
Jan 20, 2024 · The word kamikaze means “divine wind” and refers to an incident in Japanese history when, in 1281, a Mongol invasion fleet was wrecked by a typhoon. The Japanese High Command hoped that the ...
