Two young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the test pilot of Japans new super fighter - the Zero. The movie is told in reverse from the point of one of the young men who don't qualify for the pilot training and instead joins the ground crew. It chronicles the entire history of the famous fighter from the first prototype test flights all through the war.
Credits
Zero Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Kinya Kitaoji
He was 41, now 81 years old
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as Jiro Horikoshi |
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Tetsurō Tamba
He was 62, 84 years old when he died
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as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto |
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Jun Hashizume
He was 23, now 63 years old
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as Kunio Mizushima |
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Yūzō Kayama
He was 47, now 87 years old
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as Manbei Shimokawa |
Zero Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Toshio Masuda as Director. He was 56 (now 96) years old
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Directing |
