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- Program Title: Wings of Defeat
- EASC Code: JW-10
- Series Title:
- Region/Country: Japan
- Language: Japanese, English
- Subtitles: English
- Subject: History
- Program Type: Documentary
- Media Type: DVD
- Director: Risa Morimoto, Linda Hoaglund
- Producer:
- Release Date: 2007
- Running Time: 89 min.
- Color or BW: BW
- Program Abstract: In Japan, WWII Kamikaze are still revered as self-sacrificing heroes. Internationally, they remain a potent symbol of fanaticism. Until now, few outsiders knew that many Kamikaze survived their suicide missions. The candid, heartbreaking testimony of surviving Kamikaze conveys the true depth of war's travesty. Sixty years later, these humble men tell us about the horrors of the cockpit, their dramatic survival and the survivor's guilt still haunting them.
- Data Entry Date: 2/24/2009
