Storm Over the Pacific (1960)

Original title

ハワイ・ミッドウェイ大海空戦 太平洋の嵐

Directed by

Shūe Matsubayashi

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

APTA

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Japanese bomber pilot serves on an aircraft carrier during World War II, taking part in the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway. The film follows his experiences and the events of these key Pacific battles.

tensesomberbattle-focusedretroearnestpatrioticvisually dateddramatic

What happens

Storm Over the Pacific (Japanese: ハワイ・ミッドウェイ大海空戦 太平洋の嵐, Hepburn: Hawai Middouei daikaikusen: Taiheiyo no arashi) (literally, Hawaii-Midway Battle of the Sea and Sky: Storm in the Pacific Ocean) is a 1960 Eastmancolor Japanese war film directed by Shūe Matsubayashi. The story is an account of a young Japanese bombardier, Lt. Koji Kitami (Yosuke Natsuki) stationed aboard the Hiryu and his participation in two battles in the Pacific during World War II, the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway. Storm Over the Pacific was the first color widescreen war film from Toho Studios. The film was made by many of the same individuals behind the Godzilla franchise, such as producer Tomoyuki Tanaka, special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya, and assistant special effects director Teruyoshi Nakano. Storm Over the Pacific was released in 1961 in the United States in a dubbed and abridged 98 minute version produced by Hugo Grimaldi as I Bombed Pearl Harbor. Some special effects scenes were later incorporated as stock footage in the 1976 film Midway (which also stars Toshirō Mifune). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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