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Farewell Rabaul

Farewell Rabaul

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RomanceWarDrama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

105 mins

Rating

8.5/10

Release Date

10 February 1954

Country

Japan

Cast

Ryō Ikebe

Ryō Ikebe

Captain Wakabayashi

Mariko Okada

Mariko Okada

Sumiko Komatsu

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Captain Katase

Chieko Nakakita

Chieko Nakakita

Michiyo

Akihiko Hirata

Akihiko Hirata

First lieutenant Noguchi

Akemi Negishi

Akemi Negishi

Kimu

Akira Kubo

Akira Kubo

Shimada

Yū Fujiki

Yū Fujiki

(uncredited)

Kenji Sahara

Kenji Sahara

(uncredited)

Haruo Nakajima

Haruo Nakajima

Soldier (uncredited)

Mayuri Mokushô

Mayuri Mokushô

Bob Booth

Bob Booth

Fuyuki Murakami

Fuyuki Murakami

Akira Tani

Akira Tani

Munenori Oyamada

Munenori Oyamada

Seijirô Onda

Seijirô Onda

Etsuo Saijo

Etsuo Saijo

Masao Mizuno

Masao Mizuno

Toyoaki Suzuki

Toyoaki Suzuki

Ichirō Tate

Ichirō Tate

Kiyoshi Kamoda

Kiyoshi Kamoda

Masazumi Okabe

Masazumi Okabe

Shōichi Hirose

Shōichi Hirose

Saburô Kadowaki

Saburô Kadowaki

Kimio Shimazaki

Kimio Shimazaki

Yutaka Oka

Yutaka Oka

Tsuneo Katagiri

Tsuneo Katagiri

Jun Mikami

Jun Mikami

Hideko Ebata

Hideko Ebata

Kazumi Hanabusa

Kazumi Hanabusa

Kazuko Igarashi

Kazuko Igarashi

Hiroko Terasawa

Hiroko Terasawa

Yoko Ueno

Yoko Ueno

Ryûtarô Amami

Ryûtarô Amami

Kenzo Echigo

Kenzo Echigo

Haruya Sakamoto

Haruya Sakamoto

Yutaka Sada

Yutaka Sada

Masaaki Tachibana

Masaaki Tachibana

Ichirō Chiba

Ichirō Chiba

Mitsuo Tsuda

Mitsuo Tsuda

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

Mitsuo Matsumoto

Mitsuo Matsumoto

Rinsaku Ogata

Rinsaku Ogata

Hideo Shibuya

Hideo Shibuya

Minoru Itō

Minoru Itō

Masaki Shinohara

Masaki Shinohara

Ren Imaizumi

Ren Imaizumi

Kyōko Ozawa

Kyōko Ozawa

Saeko Kuroiwa

Saeko Kuroiwa

Kōji Uruki

Kōji Uruki

Junpei Natsuki

Junpei Natsuki

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