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Farewell Rabaul
Genres
RomanceWarDrama
Overview
A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they understand that Japanese military tactics have little regard for life. Seeking the companionship of any woman who will have them, they spend their days indulging in every fantasy in order to escape the overwhelming fear of death looming just over the horizon.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
105 min
Release Date
1954-02-10
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
5
Vote Average
8.4
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Ryō Ikebe
Captain Wakabayashi
Mariko Okada
Sumiko Komatsu
Rentaro Mikuni
Captain Katase
Chieko Nakakita
Michiyo
Akihiko Hirata
First lieutenant Noguchi
Akemi Negishi
Kimu
Akira Kubo
Shimada
Yū Fujiki
(uncredited)
Kenji Sahara
(uncredited)
Haruo Nakajima
Soldier (uncredited)
Mayuri Mokushô
Bob Booth
Fuyuki Murakami
Akira Tani
Munenori Oyamada
Seijirô Onda
Etsuo Saijo
Masao Mizuno
Toyoaki Suzuki
Ichirō Tate
Kiyoshi Kamoda
Masazumi Okabe
Shōichi Hirose
Saburô Kadowaki
Kimio Shimazaki
Yutaka Oka
Tsuneo Katagiri
Jun Mikami
Hideko Ebata
Kazumi Hanabusa
Kazuko Igarashi
Hiroko Terasawa
Yoko Ueno
Ryûtarô Amami
Kenzo Echigo
Haruya Sakamoto
Yutaka Sada
Masaaki Tachibana
Ichirō Chiba
Mitsuo Tsuda
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Mitsuo Matsumoto
Rinsaku Ogata
Hideo Shibuya
Minoru Itō
Masaki Shinohara
Ren Imaizumi
Kyōko Ozawa
Saeko Kuroiwa
Kōji Uruki
Junpei Natsuki
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