Explosion!

"Around the time he made such remarkably ambivalent war films as Mud and Soldiers and Five Scouts, Tasaka directed this 'home front' comedy-drama which is too bizarre to be serious propaganda. [The plot revolves around a public contribution campaign to buy airplanes.] The mayor's aviator son promises to fly over the village in salute, and much of the narrative concerns the preparations for this great event. Tasaka throws in a few songs, some village humor and satire, and tremendous camera mobility, finally wringing every possible effect from his climax." John Gillett, British Film Institute

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Cast

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Ryo Akaboshi

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Noboru Asahi

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Yûji Azuma

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Donguriboya

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Masako Fujimura

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Haehiko Fuyuki

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Akira Hiki

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Toshimasa Inoue

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Tenkai Ira

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Seiji Izumi

Akihiko Katayama

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Ryôichi Kikuchi