In an unspecified attack near the end of the Pacific War, a Zero fighter plane threatens the United States Pacific Fleet by cutting through its defensive anti-aircraft fire. Kyuzo Miyabe, the pilot of the Zero fighter is regarded by his comrades as a coward, though an exceptionally skilled fighter pilot, for consistently returning alive from missions, openly explaining "I don't wanna die," the result of a promise made to his wife Matsuno and daughter Kiyoko: to return from the war alive.
In 2004, twenty-six-year-old Kentaro Oishi has repeatedly failed the National Bar Examination and is uncertain about his future. One day, after the funeral of his grandmother, Matsuno, he is startled to learn from his mother and older sister Keiko that his maternal grandfather Kenichiro was not his blood-relation. Keiko and Kentaro start hearing stories about their real grandfather, Kyuzo Miyabe and visit many of his former comrades all of whom begin by criticize his "timidity" in battle. Kentaro finally learns the reason why Miyabe became a Kamikaze pilot during the conversation with an old comrade of his grandfather called Izaki, who is in hospital dying of cancer. Izaki talks about his relationship with their grandfather to Keiko and Kentaro, claiming that only the "timid" Miyabe gave him the hope to save his own life after he ws shot down over the ocean.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy advances steadily, only to be steadily beaten hollow in the battles from Battle of Midway and Bombing on Rabaul onwards. Despite the rising desperation and hopelessness of their situation, all of Miyabe's men say they wish to die gloriously in battle. However, he persuades them, by his simple and honest example (Miyabe accepts severe beatings by outraged senior officers several times for speaking these opinions, and reuses to retract them), that to survive is worthwhile.
Both Keiko and Kentaro still are puzzled as to why their grandfather - eventually - volunteers for Kamikaze Attack. Kentaro, now obsessed with finding the answer, spends much time researching the war. At a blind dinner date with several friends, he becomes incensed when one compares the Kamikaze pilots with suicide bombers and storms off. He continues talking with his Miyabe's most reticent and intimidating comrade in arms, now the head of a Yakuza-linked, right-wing group, and finds the man willing to explain his own story, which begins to explain this puzzle. He and his sister then learn the details and unfolding of the promise between Miyabe and their living grandfather Kenichiro before the final mission. Miyabe is said by his wife to have kept his promise, by insuring that many worthy lives were not pointlessly lost and by providing his wife and child with Kenichiro, who becomes a loving husband and father.
One summer morning in 1945, Kyuzo Miyabe boards a Zero fighter but then asks Kenichiro is he can "make a selfish request" and change planes with him. Kenichiro's plane develops engine trouble and he has to return, leaving Miyabe alons in attack on an Essex-class aircraft carrier - (though no Essex carriers were destroyed in action during the war). The film ends with a calm Miyabe about to crash into the ship.
No of Disk: 1
Screen Resolution: 1080p
Duration: 144 Mins
Screen: 2.40:1
Region Code: A
Subtitle: Chinese(Traditional),English
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 6.1,Dolby Digital EX 6.1
Rating: IIB
Languages: Japanese
Video: NTSC
The Eternal Zero (50GB BLU-RAY+DVD)[Blu-ray] (Date: 2014-10-23)
Price($):
HK$299(US$)
Publisher:Kam & Ronson Enterprise Co. Ltd.
Screen Resolution: 1080p
Duration: 144 Mins
No of Disk: 2
Screen: 2.40:1
Region Code: A
Subtitle: Chinese(Traditional),English
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 6.1,Dolby Digital EX 6.1
Rating: IIB
Languages: Japanese
Video: NTSC
Limited Edition Bonus: sealed fine movie book and computer special effects featurette, computer special effects featurette (VFX MAKING OF) content: Fighter deconstruction, introduction and analysis of air combat ships
The Eternal Zero - Limited Edition 2DVD[DVD] (Date: 2014-09-05)
Price($):
HK$199(US$)
Publisher:Kam & Ronson Enterprise Co. Ltd.
Duration: 144 Mins
No of Disk: 2
Screen: 2.40:1
Region Code: 3
Subtitle: Chinese(Traditional), English
Audio: Dolby Digital,Dolby Digital 6.1
Rating: IIB
Languages: Japanese
Video: NTSC
This special edition icomes with a booklet, making of, special effects featurettes, stage events and trailers.
No of Disk: 1
Duration: 144 Mins
Screen: 2.40:1
Region Code: 3
Subtitle: Chinese(Traditional), English
Audio: Dolby Digital,Dolby Digital 6.1
Rating: IIB
Languages: Japanese
Video: NTSC
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