The Eternal Zero
Original title: Eien no 0 / The Fighter Pilot
“Find life in the sky.”
2013 · 2 h 24 min
Cast
Jun'ichi Okada 
Haruma Miura 
Mao Inoue 
Gaku Hamada 
Hirofumi Arai 
Shôta Sometani
Credits
Written by: 
Takashi Yamazaki
Plot
A brother and sister learn their grandfather was a kamikaze pilot and collect conflicting accounts of him from his former comrades.
Sinekatalog’s take
A big, emotional war drama that was a huge hit in Japan.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (3,084 votes)
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