1954
8.5 (4 votes)
1h 45m
Genres
Romance
War
Drama
Production Companies
TOHO
Farewell Rabaul (さらばラバウル)
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.
Key Crew
Screenplay: Dai Nishijima, Shinobu Hashimoto, Takeshi Kimura
Director: Ishirō Honda
Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka
Director of Photography: Kazuo Yamada
Top Cast
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)
