The Burning Sky

The film was produced during Second SinoJapanese War before the Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941 The film mainly concerns the training of newlyrecruited pilots and their daily life then their subsequent fighting experiences in China Army supported the production providing all the authentic airplanes training and actual actions They even provided the older biplanes disguised as Chinese fighter planes Obinata plays the trainerturnedcombatleader who is passionate and cool at the same time All his boys love him of course The film is not as intense full of sugarcoated camaraderie until young pilots are killed in action one by one Last twenty minutes are fairly grim as the message of selfsacrifice is heard loud and clear