Ore wa, Kimi no Tame ni Koso Shini ni Iku [Priced-down Reissue]

[Machine Translation] Chiran, 1945 - The true story revealed by Tome Torihama, "Mother of Kamikaze Pilots". The young Kamikaze pilots who died in the fierce battle in the sky, and their unknown youth. Many young men and women died in suicide missions to protect their loved ones and their beloved homeland. Under what circumstances and with what feelings did they fly into the sky? Second Lieutenant Nakanishi, who, at the end of his agony, finally fulfilled his duty as a military man. Second Lieutenant Bando rushes to his death after being predeceased by his comrades. Second Lieutenant Tabata is called a coward when he returns to the base after his plane breaks down. Tome Torihama, who ran Tomiya Restaurant in Chiran, a suicide attack base in the final days of the Pacific War, was loved like a mother by many young men, and she watched over them with a heart full of love as they eventually flew off to their deaths. Unable to stop them, Tome watched over them with deep sadness. And then the war ended. But everything did not end there. The surviving Kamikaze pilots are tormented by a sense of guilt, and the postwar period begins as they continue to question the meaning of life.

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1945年、知覧――「特攻の母」鳥濱トメが明かした真実の物語。激戦の大空に散った若き特攻隊員、その知られざる青春。愛する人すべてを、そして愛する郷土を守るため、特攻作戦に殉じていった多くの若者たち。彼らはどのような境遇のもと、どのような気持ちを抱えながら、あの大空に飛び立っていったのか。苦悩の果て軍人としての本分を尽くすに至る中西少尉。仲間に先立たれて死を急ぐ板東少尉。飛行機の故障で基地に戻っては卑怯者呼ばわりされる田端少尉。敗色濃い太平洋戦争の末期、特攻基地・知覧で富屋食堂を営む鳥濱トメは、多くの若者たちから母のように慕われ、やがては死地に飛び立っていく彼らを慈愛に満ちた心で見守り続けた。彼らを引きとめることもできず、深い悲しみに耐えつつ見送るトメの心情。そして終戦。しかしすべてはそこで終わらなかった。図らずも生き残った特攻隊員は罪の意識に苦悩し、そこから生の意味を問い続ける戦後が始まっていく。

映像特典: 予告編