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Zero (1984)

Genre : War

Runtime : 2H 8M

Director : Toshio Masuda

Synopsis

Two young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the test pilot of Japans new super fighter - the Zero. The movie is told in reverse from the point of one of the young men who don't qualify for the pilot training and instead joins the ground crew. It chronicles the entire history of the famous fighter from the first prototype test flights all through the war.

Actors

Jun Hashizume
Jun Hashizume
Kunio Mizushima
Yu Hayami
Yu Hayami
Shizuko Yoshikawa
Yûzô Kayama
Yûzô Kayama
Manbei Shimokawa
Tetsurō Tamba
Tetsurō Tamba
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Kinya Kitaoji
Kinya Kitaoji
Jiro Horikoshi
Daijiro Tsutsumi
Daijiro Tsutsumi
Shoichi Hamada
Teruhiko Aoi
Teruhiko Aoi
Kofukuda
Masaaki Daimon
Masaaki Daimon
Sone
Takeshi Katō
Takeshi Katō
Ugaki
Yûki Meguro
Yûki Meguro
Miyano
Yôko Minamida
Yôko Minamida
Ine Hamada
Shin Takuma
Shin Takuma
Teruo Tojo
Bill Ross
Bill Ross
Douglas Macarthur
Yoshio Aoki
Yoshio Aoki
Shigeru Kôyama
Shigeru Kôyama
Hiroko Maki
Hiroko Maki
Shinsuke Mikimoto
Shinsuke Mikimoto
Koji Moritsugu
Koji Moritsugu
Shoji Nakayama
Shoji Nakayama
Makoto Satō
Makoto Satō

Crews

Toshio Masuda
Toshio Masuda
Director
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Ryôzô Kasahara
Ryôzô Kasahara
Writer
Kunio Yanagida
Kunio Yanagida
Writer
Harumi Ibe
Harumi Ibe
Music
Rokurô Nishigaki
Rokurô Nishigaki
Cinematography
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Editor
Koichi Kawakita
Koichi Kawakita
Special Effects

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