Jet Air Base 101
15/12/1957
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.
Movie Information
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
as
Hitomi Nakahara
as Reiko Suzuki
Ken Takakura
as Jiro Nakata
Kenji Imai
as Shuji Sato
Michiko Hoshi
as Toshiko Sato
Jun Usami
as Base Commander Kabashima
Mitsue Komiya
as Miyoko
Akiko Kazami
as Takako Kotani
Kenji Susukida
as
Takashi Kanda
as Ono
Akikane Sawa
as
