Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron (1944)
加藤隼戦闘隊
A 1944 propaganda film that depicts the fictionalised career of IJAAF pilot Tateo Kato, who led the 64th Sentai during the early months of the Pacific War. The film has scenes featuring Ki-43 fighters escorting Ki-21 bombers to attack Rangoon, where they are attacked by P-40 Warhawk and Brewster Buffalo fighters.
- Date of release
- 1944-03-09
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- War
- Director
- Kajirō Yamamoto
Casting
- Susumu Fujita — Colonel Kato
- Minoru Takada
- Denjirō Ōkōchi
- Takashi Shimura
- Katsuhiko Haida
- Takuzō Kumagai
- Yataro Kurokawa
Interesting facts
Kato hayabusa sento-tai , a.k.a. Colonel Tateo Katō's Flying Squadron or Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron, is a 1944 black and white Japanese film directed by Kajirō Yamamoto.
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