For Those We Love

In 1943 as Japans WWII effort falters a viceadmiral proposes training squadrons of volunteer flyers to crash their armed planes into Allied warships Yarn follows the lives of kamikaze pilots as remembered by an aging Kyushu restaurateur who cherishes their memory Honoring the dead and multiple military anthems may stir the soul of some Japanese but elsewhere auds will make a oneway trip for exits Battle scenes are wellexecuted and script delivers some memorable scenes but overall competent helming and thesping are powerless over writercumTokyo governor Shintaro Ishiaras repetitive storytelling A postwar postscript adds considerable length to an already overextended narrative Tech credits are good quality