Zero (1984 film)
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Zero (零戦燃ゆ) is a war movie distributed by Toho. Produced by Toho Film. It was produced with a production cost of 1.5 billion yen. The final work of the "8.15" series following 1981's "Union Fleet" [1]. The movie depicts two young men as the main characters from the start of the Pacific War to its end[2].
For this movie, a total construction cost of 70 million yen was used to restore a Zero Fighter, and the material is the same Duralumin as the real thing [3]. After filming, this Zero Fighter was preserved and exhibited at Maritime Self-Defense Force Iwakuni Base[3].
The air battle scene uses the same radio control as in "Samurai in the Sky" directed by Koichi Kawakita, the special effects director [3]. In the shooting down scene of B-29, the piano wire was used to shoot the scene. [3] depicts an aerial battle by connecting cuts. As of 1999, the B-29 miniature has been confirmed to be stored in the warehouse of the Toho Special Art Division [2].
cast[edit]
- Shimokawa Manbei - Kayama Yuzo
- Navy Lieutenant. Navy side chief of Zero fighter development. Since he encouraged Hamada and Mizushima by showing them a newly completed Zero fighter, he gave them direct training and had a great influence on their lives. He later died in an accident during a Zero Fighter test flight.
- Yamamoto Isoroku - Tamba Tetsuro
- Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet.
- Kofukuda Sou - Aoi Teruhiko
- Navy Captain → Lieutenant Commander. Hamada and Mizushima's direct superiors. After the war ended, he was asked by Mizushima to do something.
- Zenjiro Miyano - Yuki Meguro
- Navy Lieutenant. Commander of the squadron Hamada and Mizushima belong to in Rabaul. He trusts Hamada the most.
- Shoichi Hamada - Daijiro Tsutsumi
- Navy 4th Class Airman → Second Lieutenant. The actual main character in the movie version. Shortly after joining the Marine Corps, he got tired of being beaten every day and tried to escape with Mizushima, but was stopped when Captain Shimokawa showed him a Zero fighter. He later became a Zero Fighter pilot, and after participating in the cross-ocean attack from Taiwan to the Philippines at the start of the war, he accumulated his combat record and became an ace pilot. He is entrusted with one of the six Zero fighters to escort Director Yamamoto's plane. He was later injured in an air battle, but after undergoing surgery and rehabilitation, he returned to piloting.
- Kunio Mizushima - Jun Hashizume
- Naval 4th class airman → Senior maintenance sergeant. Hamada's best friend. Because he didn't have the aptitude to be a pilot, he became a mechanic. Since Captain Shimokawa showed him a Zero fighter, he has a deep attachment to it. He makes friends with Shizuko Yoshikawa, who he met by chance, but worries about Hamada being treated like an expendable item, and makes a proposal to Shizuko.
- Shizuko Yoshikawa - Yu Hayami
- Saleswoman. She shares her heart with Mizushima and dreams of opening a bicycle shop together in the future.
- Ine Hamada - Yoko Minamida
- Shoichi's mother. She warmly welcomes her injured son back home.
- Katoshi Sone - Masaaki Daimon
- Deputy Director of Zero Fighter Design. Assisting Horikoshi in development. Later, when Shizuko starts working for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, she is told a surprising fact.
- Toujou Teruo - Takuma Shin
- A member of the Zero Fighter design team, in charge of strength calculations.
- Ugaki Matoi (Combined Fleet Chief of Staff → Fifth Air Fleet Commander-in-Chief) - Takeshi Kato
- Ozawa Jisaburo - Aoki Yoshiro
- Commander-in-chief of the 3rd Fleet. Opposition to Chief Yamamoto's inspection of the front line. He suggested that he at least let us escort him with all the planes in operation, but he didn't listen.
- Lieutenant Takeshi Morisaki - Masao Orimo
- He was the commander of the six Zero Fighters escorting Chief Yamamoto's plane, but he was unable to protect the Chief's plane. After that, these six people and Captain Miyano were ordered to attack every day in order to get a place to die, and they gradually became exhausted.
- Toyomitsu Tsujinoue First Class (one of the above crew members)-Hiroshi Fukuda
- Yoshimi Hidaka Journeyman (same as above)-Yuji Shimada
- Yasuaki Okazaki (same as above)-Yasuaki Takeuchi
- Kenji Yanagiya Flying Corporal (same as above)-Taro Yamamoto
- Tamotsu Yokoyama Captain - Shunsuke Godai
- Aviation Headquarters Officer - Shoji Nakayama
- Air Technical Arsenal Officer - Koji Moritsugu
- Air Fleet Staff Officer - Shinsuke Mikimoto
- General Staff Officer - Kamiyama Shigeru
- Surgeon - Sato Masaru
- Kiyo - Yoko Maki
- Jiro Horikoshi - Kinya Kitaoji (Special appearance)
- Zero fighter design chief. Hamada blames him for the accident involving Captain Shimokawa's plane, but he investigates the cause and repairs the Zero fighter.
Staff[edit]
- Director - Toshio Masuda
- Production - Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Original - Kunio Yanagida
- Co-production - Hideyuki Takai, Masayuki Takubo
- Screenplay - Kazuo Kasahara
- Music - Harumi Ibe
- Photography - Rokuro Nishigaki
- Art - Shigekazu Ikuno
- Recording - Kazuo Miyauchi
- Lighting - Takeshi Awakihara
- Edit - Kuroiwa Yoshitami
- Assistant Director - Hideyuki Inoue
- Military Guidance - Kinya Naoi, Yoshiyuki Matsumoto
- Producer - Shigekazu Hirama
Below are some special techniques.
- Special Effects Director - Koichi Kawakita
- Photography - Tsurumi Takao, Eguchi Kenichi
- Optical photography - Takeshi Miyanishi
- Art - Yasuyuki Inoue
- Lighting - Kohei Mikami
- Acting - Koji Matsumoto
- Special effects - Watanabe Tadaaki, Kume attack
- Assistant Director - Eiichi Asada
- Producer - Nobuyuki Yaginuma
- Steel - Takashi Nakao
Music[edit]
- Theme song " Dawn"
- Lyrics - Yu Aku / Composition - Takashi Miki / Arrangement - Megumi Wakakusa / Vocals - Yujiro Ishihara
- Insert song "The Big Dipper - Myth of Maidens -"
- Lyrics - Yu Aku / Composition - Takashi Miki / Arrangement - Megumi Wakakusa / Vocals - Yujiro Ishihara
References[edit]
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