"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
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Ryo Akaboshi as
Noboru Asahi as
Yûji Azuma as
Donguriboya as
Masako Fujimura as
Haehiko Fuyuki as
Akira Hiki as
Toshimasa Inoue as
Tenkai Ira as
Seiji Izumi as
Akihiko Katayama as
Ryôichi Kikuchi as
Sadako Kojima as
Bonsaku Kosugi as
Isamu Kosugi as
Junko Matsukata as
Shosaburo Murata as
Yukiko Todoroki as
Kazuko Yoshida as
Kanzo Yoshii as
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