Scattered Blossoms: The Last Flight of the Ohka

[Machine Translation] War, Japan, Youth - There is no going back. 1945 There was no sky for us to fly. In the final days of World War II, a weapon was created that took the lives of young people with a bright future. It was the "Ouka," a weapon that took the lives of young men and women who had a bright future ahead of them. Without propellers or wheels, it was a small suicide plane that simply charged toward enemy ships. It was called the "human bomb" because once you boarded it, you would never return alive. In the early summer of 1945, just before the end of the war, eight crew members were on their way to the fierce battleground of Okinawa. They were faced with an unimaginably cruel fate.... The main cast consists of Kensuke Owada, who played the lead role in "Cinderella in reverse" for the first time in a movie, and appeared in "Tsunagu" and "Pekoros no Haha ni Kini ni Ikiru". Naoto Ogata, who starred in his first film role in "Yushun Oracion", has appeared in TV dramas such as "Kita no Kuni Kara '89 Homecoming", "Nobunaga KING OF ZIPANG", and "Shouting Love in the Center of the World". The director is Katsuya Matsumura, who won the Yokohama Film Festival's New Director Award for "All Night Long" and has also directed "Tenshin". In addition to the splendid cast, the entire film is narrated by Koji Yakusho.

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戦争 日本 若者たち― もう、戻れない。1945年 僕らに羽ばたく空などなかった。戦後80年、昭和100年の節目に伝えたい鎮魂の思い・・・ 第二次大戦末期、一つの兵器が生み出された。それは、未来ある若者達の命を奪った兵器「桜花 (おうか)」。プロペラも車輪もなく、敵艦に向かって突撃するだけの小型特攻機であった。一度乗れば、二度と生きて戻れず、"人間爆弾"と呼ばれた。終戦直前の昭和20年初夏、激戦地の沖縄へと向かう乗員は8名。彼らには、想像を絶する苛酷な運命が待っているのであった・・・。メインキャストは「逆転のシンデレラ」で映画初主演後「ツナグ」「ペコロスの母に会いに行く」等に出演の大和田健介。「優駿 ORACION」で映画初主演後テレビドラマ「北の国から'89帰郷」「信長KING OF ZIPANG」「世界の中心で愛を叫ぶ」など出演の緒形直人。監督は「オールナイトロング」でヨコハマ映画祭新人監督賞を受賞し、「天心」などの監督作を持つ松村克弥。その他豪華キャスト陣に加え、全編の語りを役所広司が担当している。