Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky (決戰の大空へ) 80 years old

Young men endure challenging flight training in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Army and Navy. By the time of the filming, the pressure of the war had led the government to shorten the training and expand the age range of the recruits. Yokaren was highly selective, and thus an object of great fascination and desire for boys and young men. In this Navy–sponsored film, Setsuko Hara plays the daughter of a family that often entertains recruits on their days off—a surrogate sister to many trainees. Her fragile younger brother aspires to join the program, but is rejected. With perseverance and much support from Hara and their mother, he surmounts his weaknesses and becomes a flier.

Credits

Setsuko Hara as

Sôji Kiyokawa as

Akitake Kôno as

Minoru Takada as

Yuriko Hanabusa as

Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky Cast

Name	Character
Setsuko Hara She was 22, 95 years old when she died
Sôji Kiyokawa He was 39, 81 years old when he died
Akitake Kôno He was 31, 66 years old when he died
Minoru Takada He was 43, 78 years old when he died
Yuriko Hanabusa She was 43, 69 years old when she died

Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky Crew

Name	Department
Toshio Yasumi as Screenplay. He was 40 (88) years old when He died	Writing
Kunio Watanabe as Director. He was 43 (82) years old when He died	Directing

Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky poster

Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky (80 years)

Release day: Saturday, May 01, 1943
Runtime: 81 minutes