"Around the time he made such remarkably ambivalent war films as Mud and Soldiers and Five Scouts, Tasaka directed this 'home front' comedy-drama which is too bizarre to be serious propaganda. [The plot revolves around a public contribution campaign to buy airplanes.] The mayor's aviator son promises to fly over the village in salute, and much of the narrative concerns the preparations for this great event. Tasaka throws in a few songs, some village humor and satire, and tremendous camera mobility, finally wringing every possible effect from his climax." John Gillett, British Film Institute
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Ryo Akaboshi
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Noboru Asahi
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Yûji Azuma
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Masako Fujimura
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Haehiko Fuyuki
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Akira Hiki
Toshimasa Inoue
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Five Scouts
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Seiji Izumi
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Akihiko Katayama
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Ryôichi Kikuchi
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Tomotaka Tasaka Director · Shozo Ito Screenplay Shozo Ito Story
First release February 15, 1939 · Produced in Japan · Original title 爆音
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation
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Japan
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Original title
爆音
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · February 15, 1939
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No release date listed for United States.
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