Zero (1984)
Original title: 零戦燃ゆ
Zero is a 1984 Japanese-language war movie directed by Toshio Masuda, with a running time of 2h 8m. It stars Jun Hashizume, Yu Hayami and Yūzō Kayama.
Two young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the test pilot of Japans new super fighter - the Zero. The movie is told in reverse from the point of one of the young men who don't qualify for the pilot training and instead joins the ground crew. It chronicles the entire history of the famous fighter from the first prototype test flights all through the war.
Quick answers
What is Zero about?
Two young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the test pilot of Japans new super fighter - the Zero. The movie is told in reverse from the point of one of the young men who don't qualify for the pilot training and instead joins the ground crew. It chronicles the entire history of the famous fighter from the first prototype test flights all through the war.
When was Zero released?
Zero was released on 11 August 1984.
How long is Zero?
Zero runs 2h 8m.
Who made Zero?
Zero was directed by Toshio Masuda.
Cast
- Jun Hashizume as Kunio Mizushima
- Yu Hayami as Shizuko Yoshikawa
- Yūzō Kayama as Manbei Shimokawa
- Tetsuro Tamba as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
- Kinya Kitaoji as Jiro Horikoshi
- Daijiro Tsutsumi as Shoichi Hamada
- Teruhiko Aoi as Kofukuda
- Masaaki Daimon as Sone
- Takeshi Katō as Ugaki
- Yūki Meguro as Miyano
- Yōko Minamida as Ine Hamada
- Shin Takuma as Teruo Tojo