Jet Air Base 101

Jet Air Base 101

1957 · 83 min · War, Drama

The first batch of flight control officer candidates, full of yearning for the sky, are assembled at the 101st Air Regiment base. Nakata, Sato, and the other cadets undergo intensive training under Captain Kotani, a famous pilot, but gradually begin to resent his strict leadership. A youthful story that vividly portrays the young pilots of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force who place their hopes in the sky. Japan's first full-length film about jet aviation, it was shot on location at the Hamamatsu Air Self-Defense Force Base over an extended period of time, with dozens of jets being mobilized for the filming.

Directed by Tsuneo Kobayashi · Written by Shin Morita

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Ryūnosuke Tsukigata Lieutenant Colonel Kotani
Hitomi Nakahara Reiko Suzuki
Ken Takakura Jiro Nakata
Kenji Imai Shuji Sato
Michiko Hoshi Toshiko Sato
Jun Usami Base Commander Kabashima
Mitsue Komiya Miyoko
Akiko Kazami Takako Kotani
Kenji Susukida
Takashi Kanda Ono
Akikane Sawa
Hiroshi Hayashi Kurokawa

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