Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated solution was to convince the Americans that invading Japan would cause massive casualties on both sides. The cold logic of suicide attacks, where one man and one plane could kill hundreds, seemed the only solution. In one of the cruel ironies of fate, Ohnishi actually succeeded; he convinced the Americans that invading Japan would be too costly in lives. But what he could not foresee was that America had another way of ending the war.
Credits
Father of the Kamikaze Cast
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Character |
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Kōji Tsuruta
He was 50, 63 years old when he died
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as Admiral Takijiro Onishi |
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Ryôji Hayama
He was 41, now 91 years old
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Bunta Sugawara
He was 41, 81 years old when he died
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Nobuo Kaneko
He was 51, 71 years old when he died
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Akira Kobayashi
He was 36, now 86 years old
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Masataka Iwao
He was 31, now 81 years old
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Asao Uchida
He was 54, 76 years old when he died
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Ryō Ikebe
He was 56, 92 years old when he died
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Shôtarô Hayashi
He was 40, now 89 years old
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Kinya Kitaoji
He was 31, now 81 years old
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Hideo Murota
He was 36, 64 years old when he died
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Shinichirô Mikami
He was 33, 77 years old when he died
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Tatsuo Endo
He was 49, 64 years old when he died
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Tatsuo Umemiya
He was 36, 81 years old when he died
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Tsunehiko Watase
He was 30, 72 years old when he died
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Hiroki Matsukata
He was 32, 74 years old when he died
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Rinichi Yamamoto
He was 47, 53 years old when he died
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Noboru Ando
He was 48, 89 years old when he died
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Shingo Yamashiro
He was 36, 71 years old when he died
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Shinjirô Ehara
He was 37, now 87 years old
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Toshio Kurosawa
He was 30, now 80 years old
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Father of the Kamikaze Crew
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Department |
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Kazuo Kasahara as Screenplay. He was 47 (75) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Tatsuo Nogami as Screenplay. He was 46 (85) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Kôsaku Yamashita as Director. He was 44 (68) years old when He died
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Directing |
