

01/05/2001
Shūji Yamaoka was a suicide pilot during the war who somehow survived Japan's surrender. After decades of working as a fisherman in Kumamoto, a provincial seaside city in southern Kyushu, Yamaoka remains reluctant to discuss his wartime experiences with anyone, much less an intrusive reporter looking for a feature story. Then a series of events shake Yamaoka to the core, forcing him to re-evaluate his past.

Ken Takakura
as Yamaoka Shuji

Yuko Tanaka
as Tomoko Yamaoka

Isao Natsuyagi
as Takemoto

Ryuji Harada
as Tetsuo

Takami Mizuhashi
as Hotaru

Ayako Kobayashi
as

Kiichi Nakai
as

Hisashi Igawa
as

Tomoko Naraoka
as

Nenji Kobayashi
as

Renji Ishibashi
as

Yukiyoshi Ozawa
as

Yuko Fueki
as Young Tomoko Yamaoka

Shigeo Kobayashi
as
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