This film reveals the extraordinary story of the Japanese Kamikazes of World War II and the world’s first suicide bombing campaign. Using archive, drama reconstructions and interviews with the survivors and their relatives, this film explores how thousands of young Japanese men were persuaded to sacrifice their lives in the name of war, and the lasting effect it has had on their families.
Director: Peter Nicholson.
Writer: Peter Nicholson.
Cinematographers: Lawrence Gardner, Max Williams, Paul Williams.
Composer: Al Lethbridge.
An outstanding documentary from the Japanese perspective. Yet it is a shame that the old story of the necessity of the Bomb still remains while Japan was on the verge of surrender. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were civilian centers of no military value housing POWS of all nations.. Fer of the Soviet Union entering the war really motivated Truman.