Independent Lens Season 10 Episode 21 Wings of Defeat 2008
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What were the Japanese Kamikazes thinking just before crashing into their targets? When Risa Morimoto discovered that her beloved uncle trained as a Kamikaze pilot in his youth, she wondered the same thing. Through rare interviews with surviving Kamikaze pilots, Morimoto retraces their journeys from teenagers to doomed pilots and reveals a complex history of brutal training and ambivalent sacrifice.
- Released: 2009-05-05
- Runtime: 60 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Stanley Tucci
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