The Storm of the Pacific
(1960)
★ 6 IMDb · 9 votes
Year: 1960
Runtime: 118 мин
Country: Japan
Director: 松林宗恵
Cast: 夏木陽介, Тосиро Мифунэ, 鶴田浩二, Макото Сато, 三益愛子, 田崎潤, Такаси Симура, 上原美佐, Кейдзю Кобаяси, 三橋達也
Plot
Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and is welcomed with pride in his hometown on his return. As Japan racks up victory after victory in the Pacific War, Kitami is caught up in the emotion of the time and fights courageously for the standard of Japanese honor. But his assuredness of his government's righteousness is shaken after the Japanese navy is defeated in the debacle of Midway.