Eagle of the Pacific

Eagle of the Pacific (太平洋の鷲, Taiheiyo no washi), also known as Operation Kamikaze, is a 1953 Japanese epic war film directed by Ishirō Honda. The film dramatizes the start of Japan's military action in World War II, with an emphasis on the role of Isoroku Yamamoto.[3][4]

Eagle of the Pacific
Theatrical release poster
Directed byIshirō Honda
Written byShinobu Hashimoto
Produced byTomoyuki Tanaka
Sojiro Motoki
StarringDenjirō Ōkōchi
Music byYūji Koseki
Distributed byToho
Release date
October 21, 1953 (Japan)
Running time
119 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Budget¥170 million[1]
Box office¥163.180 million[2]

Cast
Also starring

Production

Toho intended Eagle of the Pacific to be an ambitious, Hollywood-style film. The studio used storyboarding to plan the visual effects sequences, a technique they would repeat on Godzilla.[5]

One scene required a Zero fighter plane and its pilot to catch fire. The pilot was played by a stuntman named Haruo Nakajima, who Honda later cast as Godzilla.[3]

Reception

Eagle of the Pacific grossed 163 million yen, the third highest total for a Japanese film in 1953.[6]

Release

The film was released on DVD in Japan in 2005.[7]

References
  1. Ryfle, Steve; Godziszewski, Ed (2017). Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa. Wesleyan University Press. p. 72. ISBN 9780819570871.
  2. Kinema Junpo Best Ten 85th Complete History 1924-2011. Kinema Junpo. May 17, 2012. p. 104. ISBN 978-4873767550.
  3. Brothers, Peter (2009). Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men: The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda. AuthorHouse. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-4490-2771-1.
  4. "太平洋の鷲". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  5. Ragone, August (2007). Eiji Tsuburaya: master of monsters : defending the earth with Ultraman, Godzilla, and friends in the golden age of Japanese science fiction film. Chronicle Books. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-8118-6078-9.
  6. Igarashi, Yoshikuni (2000). Bodies of memory: narratives of war in postwar Japanese culture, 1945-1970. Princeton University Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-691-04912-0.
  7. Taiheiyō no washi (DVD video, 2005) [WorldCat.org]. WorldCat.org. OCLC 317586832.
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