Film · Drama, Romance, War
Farewell Rabaul (1954)
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.
- Director
- Ishirō Honda
- Writers
- Shinobu Hashimoto, Takeshi Kimura, Dai Nishijima
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Release date
- February 10, 1954
- Original title
- さらばラバウル
Cast
Ryō IkebeCaptain Wakabayashi
Mariko OkadaSumiko Komatsu
Rentaro MikuniCaptain Katase
Chieko NakakitaMichiyo
Akihiko HirataFirst lieutenant Noguchi
Akemi NegishiKimu
Akira KuboShimada
Yū Fujiki(uncredited)
Kenji Sahara(uncredited)
Haruo NakajimaSoldier (uncredited)
Mayuri Mokushô- Bob Booth
Fuyuki Murakami- Akira Tani
- Munenori Oyamada
Seijirô Onda- Etsuo Saijo
- Masao Mizuno
- Toyoaki Suzuki
- Ichirō Tate
