Attack Squadron (1963)

A dramatic story of the last days of the Imperial Japanese Air Force

Lt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. He believes that what is really necessary for Japan to regain momentum in the war is for the air force to gather its most brilliant pilots into an elite squadron and use the unit to pinpoint attacks on the Americans. Disrespected by the kamikaze pilots who think the "non-suicidal" pilots are afraid, the unit redeems itself by stunning victories. But success leads the military leaders to expect too much of the unit, and new orders portend disaster.

Cast (45)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Toshirō Mifune

Lt. Colonel Senda

Yūzō Kayama

Captain Shiro Taki

Takashi Shimura

Admiral

Yōsuke Natsuki

Captain Nobuo Ataka

Makoto Satō

Teppei Yano

Yuriko Hoshi

Miyako Tamai

Ryō Ikebe

Major Mihara

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Petty Officer Tange

Kō Nishimura

Petty Officer Inaba

Ichirō Nakatani

Petty Officer Nakamura

Akihiko Hirata

Senda's Aide

Jun Tazaki

Commander

Seiji Miyaguchi

Onishi

Jun Funato

Lieutenant Shimizu

Susumu Fujita

Yamato Commander Ito

Seizaburō Kawazu

Kosaku Aruga

Yoshio Kosugi

Destroyer Captain

Yoshibumi Tajima

Sailor

Senkichi Ōmura

Transport Pilot

Tadao Nakamaru

Special Attack Unit Officer

M

Masao Shimizu

Naval General Staff Officer

Hideo Sunazuka

Petty Officer Kobayashi

Ren Yamamoto

Special Attack Unit Officer

Masao Oda

Chief Accountant

Gen Shimizu

Naval General Staff Officer

Hisaya Ito

Captain Yagi

K

Kōji Iwamoto

Petty Officer Morikami

Yutaka Nakayama

Chief Petty Officer Omura

T

Toshihiko Furuta

Petty Officer Tezuka

S

Shinji Uemura

Lieutenant Terada

Yasuhiko Saijō

Petty Officer Matsuo

M

Mitsuo Tsuda

Staff Officer

Katsumi Tezuka

Staff Officer

Kōzō Nomura

Yamato's Duty Officer

Kō Mishima

Duty Officer

Shin Ōtomo

Yamato Communications Chief

Akira Wakamatsu

Deputy Duty Officer

Shōichi Hirose

Non-Commissioned Officer

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

Air Base Officer

Y

Yutaka Oka

Petty Officer Murakami

Goro Kataoka

Petty Officer Tamai

Wataru Ōmae

Machine Gunner

K

Kenzo Echigo

First Officer on Transport Plane

H

Hiroo Kirino

Staff Officer

Haruo Nakajima

Pilot

If you liked Attack Squadron, you might also like…

88% match

Blood on the Sun

1945

88% match

The Eternal Zero

2013

86% match

Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny

2023

81% match

Kingdom 2: Far and Away

2022

75% match

Fixed Bayonets!

1951

71% match

Dirt

2018

68% match

Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 1: The Wyvern Arrives

2012

65% match

Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea

2013

64% match

The Guns of Navarone

1961

60% match

Hell's Angels

1930

60% match

Wife of a Spy

2020

60% match

The Scarlet and the Black

1983

60% match

400 Bullets

2021

60% match

Passage to Marseille

1944

60% match

The Shepherd

2023

60% match

Memphis Belle

1990

60% match

Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black

2008

60% match

Operation Pacific

1951

60% match

The Sky Crawlers

2008

60% match

Aces High

1976