The Cockpit (film)
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The Cockpit | |
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Directed by | Yoshiaki Kawajiri Takashi Imanishi Ryousuke Takahashi |
Release date(s) | 1993 (Japan) |
Running time | 30 min |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
IMDb profile |
The Cockpit is a 1993 anime based on three manga by artist Leiji Matsumoto.
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[edit] Overview
The film is composed of three segments: "Stratospheric Currents", "Sonic Thunder Attack Team" and "Steel Dragon". These segments take place in WWII and is about different pilots on the side of the Axis Powers
[edit] Segments
[edit] Stratospheric Currents
A disgraced German fighter pilot is assigned to escort a bomber carrying his love and a fearsome secret cargo.
[edit] Sonic Thunder Attack Team
A Japanese kamikaze pilot of a guided rocket bomb who was denied his chance in a failed attack where he survived is now determined to complete his mission despite the odds.
[edit] Steel Dragon
Two soldiers attempt to reach an air base in order to fulfill a promise despite the fact that it might have been rendered moot in the reality of war.
[edit] Cast
- Tom Wyner - Narrator
- Stephen Apostolina - Lambert
- David BerĂ³n - American Soldier
- Richard Cansino - Leinders
- Nicholas Kusenko - Captain, Artillery Officier
- Lex Lang - Captain A
- Robert Maffia - Kodai
- Mona Marshall - Marlena
- Bob Papenbrook - Yamaoka
- Tony Pope - Baffstein
- Brett H. Radford - Soldier A
- Luis Robledo - Utsnomiya
- Michael Sorich - Okiumi
- Barry Stigler - Captain B
- Kirk Thornton - Nogami
- Additional Voices by: Bill Capizzi, Christopher Carrol, Peter Doyle, Dean Elliot, Eddie Frierson, R. Martin Klein, Derek Stephen Prince, Kirk Thornton
[edit] External links
- The Cockpit: Kamikaze Stories film review