Kuchikukan Yukikaze Special Edition [Limited Release]

[Machine Translation] [Shochiku's war film "Destroyer Yukikaze" is now available on DVD for the first time! Yasuhiro Tokura and Kenichi Ohashi jointly wrote the original scenario and Tatsuo Yamada directed this war film. Itabashi Shigeo was in charge of cinematography. The film tells the war history of the destroyer "Yukikaze" of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which was praised as a "miracle destroyer" because it escaped being sunk in numerous fierce battles during the Pacific War and survived to the end of the war, and still boasts outstanding fame and immense popularity, from the perspective of a person who was also involved in its construction. With the full cooperation of the Japan Defense Agency, extensive location shooting was conducted on the destroyer Yukikaze, with powerful naval battle scenes that make full use of exercise footage, and the appearance of the former Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft rescue ship and minesweeper Okichidori as a small ship. Please come see this moving drama depicting the courage of the legendary "unsinkable ship" Yukikaze and the people who survived under the harsh conditions. --Yutaro Kida (Isamu Nagato) was an engineer at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal, where he built the destroyer Yukikaze. Kida, who loved the Yukikaze more than anything else, petitioned the ship's designer, Major Yamakawa (Bunta Sugawara), and after being commissioned into the Navy, Kida became a crew member of the Yukikaze. In the midst of the ever-increasing fire of war, Yukikaze achieved great results while remaining unscathed. On his return to Japan, Kida was taken to the home of Captain Teshima, where he found Yukiko (Iwashita Shima), the captain's younger sister, secretly fond of him. In the 20th year of the Showa Era (1945), the war intensified. One day, Kida bumps into his younger brother Yuji ( Katsuro Takashi ). Kida felt a surge of emotion when he saw his younger brother, who was a member of a suicide squadron and had no idea what the future held for him. A few days after leaving Yuji, he received the sad news of Yuji's death. Kida did not even tell his mother (Kumeko Urabe), who had just come to visit him, and he became the one on board the Yukikaze. The Yamato and Yukikaze were destroyers sailing to Okinawa, but now the Yamato was sunk and only Yukikaze was ordered to return to Okinawa after rescuing the crew. Yutaro, who had lost both his brother and his beloved Yukiko, gritted his teeth and endured the retreat. On the day the war ended, the intact Yukikaze was handed over to the Chinese Navy as compensation. Kida, dressed as a farmer, saw off his heroic figure forever. *Because the original film version has passed many years, some parts of the video and audio may not be properly reproduced. [Special bonus] / Destroyer Yukikaze semi-3-dimensional metal key ring: A semi-3-dimensional metal key ring of the Kagero class destroyer Yukikaze ( size: approx. W33 x H70 x D3mm material: metal ) / Redacted press sheet with descriptions of major ships of the former Imperial Japanese Navy: Produced at the time of the 1964 release.

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[戦後80年-平和への祈願を込めて贈る松竹戦争映画] 『駆逐艦雪風』待望の初DVD化! 戸倉康裕と大橋健一が共同でオリジナル・シナリオを執筆山田達雄が監督した戦争もの。撮影は板橋重夫が担当している。太平洋戦争において数々の激戦に赴くも轟沈を逃れ、終戦まで生き延びたことから「奇跡の駆逐艦」と讃えられ、今もなお抜群の知名度と絶大な人気を誇る大日本帝国海軍の駆逐艦「雪風」の戦歴を、建造にも関わった一人の水平の視点から映画いた作品。防衛庁の全面協力のもと、護衛艦「ゆきかぜ」で大規模なロケ撮影が行われ、演習映像を駆使した迫力の海戦シーンや、小型艦役として元日本海軍飛行機救難艦・掃海艇「おきちどり」が登場する等、ファン必見の見所満載。伝説の"不沈艦" 雪風の勇姿と、過酷な状況下で懸命に生き抜いた人々の姿を描いた感動のドラマを是非ご覧ください。――木田勇太郎 (長門勇)は佐世保海軍工廠の工員として駆逐艦雪風を製作した。何よりもこの雪風を愛した木田は、この船の設計者山川少佐 (菅原文太)に嘆題し、海軍に応召した木田は雪風の乗組員となった。日ごとに高まる戦火の中、雪風は無傷のうちに多大な戦果を収めた。内地に帰還した日、手島艦長の家庭に案内された木田は、艦長の妹の由起子 (岩下志麻)にひそかに好意を感じた。昭和二十年戦局は激しさを増した。そんなある日木田は弟の勇二(勝呂誉)にばったり逢う。特攻隊員として明日をも知れない身体、弟を前にして木田にはこみあげてくるものがあった。勇二と別れて数日後、勇二の悲報が入った。ちょうど訪れた母 (浦辺粂子)にも告げられず木田は、雪風艦上の人となった。沖縄出撃の大和と雪風の駆逐艦、だが今は大和も沈み雪風だけが人員救助のうえ帰艦と命を受けた。弟と愛する由起子をも失った勇太郎は、歯をくいしばってこの退却に耐えた。終戦の日、無傷の雪風が賠償として中国海軍に引き渡された。木田は農夫姿でいつまでもその勇姿を見送っていた。※フィルム原版が長い年月を経過しており、映像・音声ともに一部お見苦しい箇所がございます。[特別版封入特典] ●駆逐艦雪風 半立体メタルキーホルダー: 陽炎型駆逐艦・雪風の姿を半立体に仕上げたメタルキーホルダー (サイズ: 約W33×H70×D3mm 素材: メタル) ●旧日本海軍の主要艦種解説入り プレスシート縮刷版: 1964年公開時制作