Farewell Rabaul
1954•1h 45m•8.1•Released
RomanceWarDrama
A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they understand that Japanese military tactics have little regard for life. Seeking the companionship of any woman who will have them, they spend their days indulging in every fantasy in order to escape the overwhelming fear of death looming just over the horizon.
Director
Ishirō Honda
Writer
Shinobu Hashimoto, Takeshi Kimura, Dai Nishijima
Languages
English, Japanese
Studio
TOHO
Cast
Ryō Ikebe
Captain Wakabayashi
Mariko Okada
Sumiko Komatsu
Rentaro Mikuni
Captain Katase
Chieko Nakakita
Michiyo
Akihiko Hirata
First lieutenant Noguchi
Akemi Negishi
Kimu
Akira Kubo
Shimada
Yū Fujiki
(uncredited)
Kenji Sahara
(uncredited)
Haruo Nakajima
Soldier (uncredited)
Mayuri Mokushô
Bob Booth
Fuyuki Murakami
Akira Tani
Munenori Oyamada
Production
Company
TOHO
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
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