Jet Air Base 101

Name: Jet Air Base 101
Genre: War, Drama
Released: 1957-12-15
Duration: 83 min
Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Hitomi Nakahara, Ken Takakura, Kenji Imai, Michiko Hoshi

ジェット機出動第101航空基地

0.0 (0)1957-12-151h 23m

WarDrama

Overview

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.