Movies and TvShows featuring "kamikaze" theme.
In post-war Japan, a traumatized pilot must confront his survivor's guilt and join forces with a team to defeat Godzilla, a giant monster created by atomic bomb radiation. As they devise plans and engage in battles, they realize the true cost of war and the power of redemption.
Yamato is a movie that focuses on the events of the Pacific War, specifically the last days of the Japanese battleship Yamato. It showcases the struggles, sacrifices, and camaraderie of the crew, highlighting the themes of hopelessness, selflessness, and the devastating consequences of war. The movie explores the emotional journey of the characters as they face their imminent doom and the raw realities of naval warfare.
A World War II anthology based on Leiji Matsumoto's Battlefield manga.
The plot centres around Wu Tang villain, Abbot White, who wants to destroy the Shaolin monks and become supreme martial artist. In order to do so, he teams up with a clan of Ninjas, led by three masters – gold lamé ninja, white mustachioed ninja and black ninja – and succeeds in destroying the Shaolin temple and most of its inhabitants. However, there are some survivors. It is their job to pass on the knowledge of the Shaolin finger jab to a new generation, who must defeat the ninjas and Abbott White if peace and order is to be restored.
Young men endure challenging flight training in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Army and Navy. By the time of the filming, the pressure of the war had led the government to shorten the training and expand the age range of the recruits. Yokaren was highly selective, and thus an object of great fascination and desire for boys and young men. In this Navy–sponsored film, Setsuko Hara plays the daughter of a family that often entertains recruits on their days off—a surrogate sister to many trainees. Her fragile younger brother aspires to join the program, but is rejected. With perseverance and much support from Hara and their mother, he surmounts his weaknesses and becomes a flier.
During World War II, a young soldier finds himself on a top-secret mission to retrieve a powerful weapon that could turn the tide of the war. With the help of a mysterious witch, he must navigate through dangerous waters and face off against enemy forces to fulfill his mission.
Restless is a drama and romance movie released in 2011. It tells the story of a terminally ill girl named Annabel Cotton and a rebellious young boy named Enoch Brae who develops a deep and unconventional love for each other. As they navigate through their feelings, they both try to make the most of the time they have left together.
The story of Saeki Kentaro, who continues to fail the National Bar Examinations and lose sight of the goal of his life, and his old sister Keiko, who is a freelance writer looking up their grandfather Miyabe who died in the Pacific War as a Kamikaze pilot. Miyabe had an astute ability as a pilot of fighter planes, but he was extraordinarily afraid of death. His two grandchildren started wondering why he applied for the Kamikaze corps. Revealing Miyabe’s unexpected title of “genius yet coward”, they unveil a surprising fact which has been sealed for over 60 years.
In the dangerous underworld of the Yakuza and gangsters, an undercover agent must navigate through violence, betrayal, and corruption to seek revenge and bring justice to those responsible.
The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight schools. However, the flight schools have extremely demanding, harsh training, and once they finally become pilots, they must become suicide bombers and give their lives for their homeland.
Kamikazi, agapi mou is a hilarious comedy about love, motorcycles, a fat woman, a band, a stolen guitar, disco, singing, a music band, a waiter, a hotel, jobless individuals, and a Greek videotape, all set in the vibrant 1980s Greece.
On the eve of their return to the states, the crew of the U.S.S. Blake is unpleasantly surprised when their new captain, Lt. Commander Hale, announces that they've been reassigned to the upcoming invasion of Okinawa. With the news turning the crew against him, Hale must rise to the occasion to keep his men inline.
The Fighter Pilot follows the journey of a young Japanese man who becomes a fighter pilot during World War II. Through his training, battles, and personal struggles, he discovers the true meaning of courage and sacrifice.
On April 1, 1945, the United States military launched its invasion of the main island of Okinawa, the start of a battle that was to last 12 weeks and claim the lives of some 240,000 people. This film depicts the Battle through the eyes of Japanese and American soldiers who fought each other on the same battlefield, along with Okinawa civilians who were swept up in the fighting. The film also depicts the history of discrimination and oppression forced upon Okinawa by the American and Japanese governments. Carrying up to the current controversy over the construction of a new base at Henoko, the film explores the root causes of the widespread disillusionment and anger expressed by many Okinawans. This ambitious documentary was directed by the American John Junkerman, long-term resident of Japan and Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker. Okinawa: The Afterburn is a heartfelt plea for peace and an expression of deep respect for the unyielding spirit of the Okinawa people.
A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.
Gender-bender comedy directed by Omiros Efstratiadis.
Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated solution was to convince the Americans that invading Japan would cause massive casualties on both sides. The cold logic of suicide attacks, where one man and one plane could kill hundreds, seemed the only solution. In one of the cruel ironies of fate, Ohnishi actually succeeded; he convinced the Americans that invading Japan would be too costly in lives. But what he could not foresee was that America had another way of ending the war.
Set during World War II, a group of inexperienced naval officers and crew members must come together to navigate the dangers of war at sea.
A breadwinner, Thanasis Trampas, decides to open a shop renting motorbikes. When the local bikers begin to bother him, he turns into a kamikaze to deal with them.