
Plot
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.
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Cast

Ryƫnosuke Tsukigata

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

Kenji Susukida

Takashi Kanda
Ono

Akikane Sawa