The Eternal Zero (2013)

Original title

永遠の0

Directed by

Takashi Yamazaki

Cast

Mukai Osamu, Kiritani Kenta, Hirosue Ryoko, Tabe Mikako, Onoe Matsuya, Nakamura Aoi, Watanabe Dai, Kudo Asuka

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 17m

Rated

12

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 72 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man investigates the life of his grandfather who was a kamikaze pilot in World War II. He interviews former comrades to piece together the man's story and legacy.

poignantreflectivesomberdeliberateemotionalnostalgicreservedmoving

What happens

The Eternal Zero (Japanese: 永遠の0, Hepburn: Eien no Zero) is a 2013 Japanese historical war film directed, co-written, and with visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki. Based on the eponymous 2006 novel by Naoki Hyakuta, the film starts with a frame story set in 2004, where a Japanese man in his twenties learns that he is the grandson of a kamikaze military aviator who died in World War II, and then investigates the life story of his grandfather. The Eternal Zero was released in Japan on 21 December 2013, by Toho. The film grossed over ¥8.76 billion, becoming the highest-grossing Japanese film of 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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