Farewell Rabaul

Farewell Rabaul (1954) is a romance, war film directed by Ishirō Honda rated 8.1/10.

A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they understand that Japanese military tactics have little regard for life. Seeking the companionship of any woman who will have them, they spend their days indulging in every fantasy in order to escape the overwhelming fear of death looming just over the horizon.

Cast

Ryō Ikebe

Captain Wakabayashi

Mariko Okada

Sumiko Komatsu

Rentaro Mikuni

Captain Katase

Chieko Nakakita

Michiyo

Akihiko Hirata

First lieutenant Noguchi

Akemi Negishi

Kimu

Akira Kubo

Shimada

Yū Fujiki

(uncredited)

Kenji Sahara

(uncredited)

Haruo Nakajima

Soldier (uncredited)

Mayuri Mokushô

Bob Booth