Battle Troop

1944 War Directed by Kajirō Yamamoto

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About Battle Troop

Imperial Japanese Navy flyers Mikami, Kawakami, and Murakami are known for their torpedo attacks and are friends. Mikami is posted as a staff officer on a Pacific island. Kawakami and Murakami join him when the squadron is reinforced. An enemy task force approaches. All three attack the fleet and are killed. Susumu Fujita, Masayuki Mori, and Akitake Kōno play the three. Kajirō Yamamoto directed. The Japanese title on the Commons file is Raigekitai Shutsudo.

Cast & crew

More about Battle Troop

Denjirō Ōkōchi, Masao Mishima, and Chieko Higashiyama are on the catalog cast. No running time is on the Wikidata record. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Themes

  • Three friends in a torpedo unit
  • An island base
  • An attack that kills them
  • Mikami
  • Kawakami
  • Murakami
  • torpedo
  • Yamamoto
  • Raigekitai

Background

The film was released in 1944 and shows Imperial Navy flyers dying in a torpedo attack on an approaching fleet.

Preservation

A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Notes

  • Raigekitai means a torpedo-attack unit.
  • The three die in the same attack on the task force.
  • No company is listed on Wikidata.

Scenes

  • The three flyers leave the island and attack the task force.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Raigekitai Shutsudo)