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Father of the Kamikaze DVD Package
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Japanese
English
DVD-9
1 - North America
18+
199 min
1974
2.35:1
COLOR
Image Gallery, Program Notes, Theatrical Trailers
Kousaku Yamashita
Contains Violence, War Themes

His strategy was brilliant -- and it would cost him everything!

Vice Admiral Onishi, a brilliant strategist, can glimpse the future. He knows that Japan cannot win the Pacific War. As the military situation becomes more desperate, he hatches an audacious plan to force the enemy to negotiate a resolution and avoid the shame of surrender -- a “Divine Wind” of suicide attacks to convince the Allies that invading Japan will be too costly in lives to contemplate.

This is the true story of the honorable man who unleashed the devastating Kamikaze attacks, and of the tragic consequences of his fateful decision.

  • 3+ hour WWII epic film on the life and death of Vice Admiral Onishi, Father of the Kamikaze.
  • All-Star Cast.
  • Official Selection 1974 Geijyutsusai Arts Festival.
  • Also available as part of the Japan at War DVD Collection.