Kamikaze: An Untold History

Kamikaze: An Untold History

2025
1h 30m
10.0

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Overview

On the Pacific front, towards the end of World War II, Japan's imperial armed forces launched 'kamikaze' attacks - suicide missions by aircraft laden with bombs. It was a mad operation with no hope of returning alive, but the nation went wild, and the attacks continued for ten months, literally until the very last day of the war. Close to 4,000 Japanese airmen died, and nearly 7,000 Allied military personnel were killed, and thousands more were injured by the attacks. How could this happen? Utilising 15 years' worth of extensive interviews with US and Japanese World War II veterans, Takayuki Oshima’s film delves into the mechanism of how a crazed madness swept through an entire nation.

Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
NHK
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
English Japanese

Quick Facts

Release Date July 28, 2025
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt37731610
Website Visit Site

Cast

Togo Igawa
Togo Igawa

Self - Narrator (voice)

Tomokazu Kasai
Tomokazu Kasai

Hayao Fujimoto
Hayao Fujimoto

Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur

Archive

Emperor Hirohito of Japan
Emperor Hirohito of Japan

Archive

Yusuke Orita
Yusuke Orita

Key Crew

Takayuki Oshima
Director
Koichi Ota
Executive Producer
Yuko Saotome
Executive Producer
Yuzo Hamada
Executive Producer