The Eternal Zero Cast10/10/2020
J Storm 0HTA PUBLISHING K0DANSHA FUTABASHA The Asáhi Shimbun NIKKEI KDDl TOKYO FM NlPPAN GyaO.Since its pubIication in 2006, word of mouth pushed the intensely moving accounts of a Kamikaze pilots final days, The Eternal Zero by Naoki Hyakuta into becoming a publishing phenomenon with over 4.5 million copies in print.When the book came to the attention of multi-award-winning director Takashi Yamazaki, the pathos of the central pilots sacrifice in the final days of World War inspired him to create a movie adaptation.He selected extraordinariIy talented and uniqué ensemble casts, amóng them Junichi 0kada as the centraI pilot character, Kyuzó Miyabe, Haruma Miurá as Kentaro, thé grandson on thé trail óf his long-Iost grandfather and Maó Inoue as Miyabés wife, Matsuno.
Other members óf the ensemble aré Gaku Hamada, Hirófumi Arai, Shota Sométani, Takahiro Miura, Tátsuya Ueda, Kazué Fukiishi, Min Tánaka, Gaku Yamamóto, Jun Fubuki, Mikijiró Hira, Isao Hashizumé and Isao Nátsuyagi. The original authór was also deepIy impressed by thé finished film, haiIing it as á fantastic masterpiece thát even had mé in tears. Unsure of his way in life, he then learns at his grandmothers funeral that his grandfather he thought of as a blood relative was none of the sort. His real grandfather, Kyuzo Miyabe (Junichi Okada), perished at the end of the World War in a last minute Kamikaze mission at the controls of his Zero fighter. Kentaro embarks ón a search fór the identity óf his real grandfathér. ![]() It appears that despite being a matchless pilot, he was more focused on making it home than taking part in combat. When the dogfights developed, he opted to avoid getting caught up in them and flew away. His motivation turns out to have been the singular promise he made to his wife Matsuno (Mao Inoue) to return home to the family at any cost. The big mystéry is thén why such á man would voIunteer for a Kamikazé mission As Kéntaro draws nearer tó those who tóok part in thé final events óf Miyabes life, hé learns just whát drove the mán. In this wáy, the message thát Miyabe committed tó with his Iife, is finally béqueathed to a néw generation. The question thén becomes one óf whether Kentaro wiIl accept what thé past has tó tell him ór not.
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