In the prewar days leading up to the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937, head flight instructor Lt. Katō Tateo of the Imperial Japanese Army-Air Corps trains new volunteers from the Army's Infantry to become Japan's next generation of fighter pilots at the Tokorozawa Flying School. Flying Kawasaki Ko-4 biplanes, Lt. Katō will train both friend and future foe alike. But as war in China breaks out, Katō now in command of the 5th Rentai will take his untested men flying antiquated planes into aerial combat against the Chinese Air Force who is now headed by Lt. Cho who Katō both earlier befriended and personally trained himself. While Katō's squadron ultimately achieves air superiority over the skies of Manchuria, it comes at a high price in men to which each loss carries a heavy burden that he alone must carry. As the war widens into the Second World War, Captain Katō must battle an ever advancing array of deadlier new enemies flying ever more modern fighter planes.
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The Falcon Fighters Cast
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Yoshirô Kitahara
He was 40, now 95 years old
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Ken Utsui
He was 38, 82 years old when he died
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Sei Hiraizumi
He was 25, now 80 years old
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as 2nd Lt. Kihara |
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Kenjiro Ishiyama
He was 66, 72 years old when he died
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Jun Fujimaki
He was 33, now 88 years old
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as Cho Eishun |
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Susumu Fujita
He was 57, 78 years old when he died
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Shiho Fujimura
She was 30, now 85 years old
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as Kato's Wife |
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Kôjirô Hongô
He was 31, 74 years old when he died
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as 2nd Lt. Ando |
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Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
He was 37, now 92 years old
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Tôru Minegishi
He was 26, 65 years old when he died
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Makoto Satō
He was 12, 49 years old when he died
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as Lt. Takeo Kato |
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Bontarô Miake
He was 63, now 117 years old
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Yûzô Hayakawa
He was 44, 85 years old when he died
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Osamu Ôkawa
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Akio Hasegawa
He was 28, now 83 years old
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Shôgo Shimada
He was 63, 98 years old when he died
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The Falcon Fighters Crew
