Jet Air Base 101

Overview

The first batch of flight control officer candidates, full of yearning for the sky, are assembled at the 101st Air Regiment base. Nakata, Sato, and the other cadets undergo intensive training under Captain Kotani, a famous pilot, but gradually begin to resent his strict leadership. A youthful story that vividly portrays the young pilots of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force who place their hopes in the sky. Japan's first full-length film about jet aviation, it was shot on location at the Hamamatsu Air Self-Defense Force Base over an extended period of time, with dozens of jets being mobilized for the filming.

Cast

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Lieutenant Colonel Kotani

Hitomi Nakahara

Reiko Suzuki

Ken Takakura

Jiro Nakata

Kenji Imai

Shuji Sato

Michiko Hoshi

Toshiko Sato

Jun Usami

Base Commander Kabashima

Mitsue Komiya

Miyoko

Akiko Kazami

Takako Kotani

N/A

Kenji Susukida

Takashi Kanda

Ono

Akikane Sawa

N/A

Hiroshi Hayashi

Kurokawa