Last kamikaze : testimonials from WW II suicide pilots
Film et Vidéo
- Auteurs : Takahashi Masami ;
- Editeurs : Watertown, MA Documentary Educational Resources [éd., prod., distrib.] ;
- Date d'édition : Cop.2008
- Sujets : Kamikazes, Opérations (1944-1945) -- DVD, Archives audiovisuelles, Films ethnographiques DVD Japon
- Langue(s) : Anglais, Japonais
- Description matérielle : 1 DVD mono face toutes zones (55 min), : Coul. et n. b. (PAL), son.
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
Notes
Version originale en anglais et en japonais sous-titré en anglais ; Contient : plusieurs extraits d'archives en noir et blanc (1942-1945) ; Lieu de tournage : Japon, 2007 ? ; East Asia: Trans-regional workshop, University of Chicago., 2008 ; American Anthropological Association, Washington DC, 2007 ; American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA, 2007 ; Foley Center at the Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 2007 ; Asian American Heritage Conference, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL, 2007 ; Loyola University, Chicago, IL, 2007 ; Psychological Society of South Africa Conference, Cape Town, 2009 ; Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2009
Résumé
Ce film présente le portrait d'ex-kamikazes qui ont participé à la première mission suicide de l'histoire moderne, effectuée par l'armée impériale japonaise pendant la seconde guerre mondiale. ; This film explores the minds of former suicide bombers who participated in the first well-orchestrated suicide mission in modern history, the one carried out by the air arm of the Imperial Japanese Navy during WWII. Although in the beginning, these suicide pilots were university graduates and intellectual elites in their 20s, by 1942 the Navy was aggressively recruiting a large number of boys who were only in their low teens. Fortunately, some never flew their final suicide mission because the war ended before it was their turn to fly out. The producer/director interviews several friends of his deceased father (who was also a former suicide pilot) in order to understand the mindset and motives behind such an extraordinary behavior. Now in their 70s and 80s, these individuals reflect upon their past and talk candidly about their lives, issues related to patriotism, spirituality, and on-going turmoil in the Middle East.