Explosion!

(1939)

★ 6.5 IMDb · 2 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1939

Runtime: 84 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 田坂具隆

Cast: Ryo Akaboshi, Noboru Asahi, Yûji Azuma, Donguriboya, Masako Fujimura, Haehiko Fuyuki, Akira Hiki, Toshimasa Inoue, Tenkai Ira, 泉静治

Plot

"Around the time he made such remarkably ambivalent war films as Mud and Soldiers and Five Scouts, Tasaka directed this 'home front' comedy-drama which is too bizarre to be serious propaganda. [The plot revolves around a public contribution campaign to buy airplanes.] The mayor's aviator son promises to fly over the village in salute, and much of the narrative concerns the preparations for this great event. Tasaka throws in a few songs, some village humor and satire, and tremendous camera mobility, finally wringing every possible effect from his climax." John Gillett, British Film Institute