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NR 1h 23m

Jet Air Base 101

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.

Top Cast

  • Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

    Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

  • Hitomi Nakahara

    Hitomi Nakahara

    Reiko Suzuki

  • Ken Takakura

    Ken Takakura

    Jiro Nakata

  • Kenji Imai

    Kenji Imai

    Shuji Sato

  • Michiko Hoshi

    Michiko Hoshi

    Toshiko Sato

  • Jun Usami

    Jun Usami

    Base Commander Kabashima

  • Mitsue Komiya

    Mitsue Komiya

    Miyoko

  • Akiko Kazami

    Akiko Kazami

    Takako Kotani

  • Kenji Susukida

    Kenji Susukida

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.

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