It's a collection of patriotic anecdotes. In the field, an officer rises from a shelling to lead his troops in reminiscing about home. A young woman has a marriage proposal withdrawn because the man has received his draft notice, and she insists on marrying him now. An old man goes out to shovel snow so the train can get through. His son offers to help, but is refused, so he can work in the munitions plant the next day. A father scolds his son for not asking him for permission to join the aviation school. Did he think he would refuse permission? Of course not! An old man walks through his village, making sure that everything is in top notch shape. Young boys work in munitions plants after school, and women too. A young girl tells the tale of the enemy planes bombing the clearly marked hospital ship. Battle front home front, if we all do our best, victory is inevitable and Japan will win the war.
This is the sort of patriotic flag waver that every nation produced during the Second World War.... although in the US and Great Britain, such messages were usually wrapped inside a story. This is just an series of anecdotes, some of which, like the commandant of the Kamikaze force, getting drunk with the fathers of the dead pilots, everyone very pleased about it, seem peculiarly Japanese. Although this was not an expensive film, it used eight directors, including Masahiro Makino, Kenji Mizoguchi, Hiroshi Shimizu, Tomotaka Tasaka, Tatsuo Osone, Koishi Takagi and Tetsuo Ichikawa. Major stars like Mieko Takamine and Ken Uehara took small roles. Just like American, Russian and British movies I have seen. I'm still waiting to see a German one.
This is the sort of patriotic flag waver that every nation produced during the Second World War.... although in the US and Great Britain, such messages were usually wrapped inside a story. This is just an series of anecdotes, some of which, like the commandant of the Kamikaze force, getting drunk with the fathers of the dead pilots, everyone very pleased about it, seem peculiarly Japanese. Although this was not an expensive film, it used eight directors, including Masahiro Makino, Kenji Mizoguchi, Hiroshi Shimizu, Tomotaka Tasaka, Tatsuo Osone, Koishi Takagi and Tetsuo Ichikawa. Major stars like Mieko Takamine and Ken Uehara took small roles. Just like American, Russian and British movies I have seen. I'm still waiting to see a German one.