Umi Yukaba (海行かば ) is a Japanese patriotic song (gunka) based on a waka poem by Ōtomo no Yakamochi in the Man'yōshū. As set to music in 1937 by Kiyoshi Nobutoki (信時 潔 Nobutoki Kiyoshi ) it was popular during and after World War II.
Umi yukaba |
If I go away to the sea, |
海行かば |
Umi Yukaba was sung before takeoff by many Kamikaze suicide attack pilots in the final stages of the Pacific War.
Umi Yukaba is also the name of a 1983 Japanese film.