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Elliott Arnold (novel)
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Release Date:
25 March 1964 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Plunge into hell with the most fearless breed of men on earth!
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Cast

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Yul Brynner ... TSgt. Mike Takashima

Richard Widmark ... L:t. Col. Glenn Stevenson

George Chakiris ... 2nd Lt. John Gregg
Suzy Parker ... Lucille Caroll
Shirley Knight ... Caroline Gordon / Stevenson
Joe Di Reda ... SSgt. Randy Smith
Mitsuhiro Sugiyama ... Charlie
Andrew Hughes ... Dr. Horton
Danièle Gaubert ... Leila
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
E.S. Ince ... Capt. Walter Mound
William Ross ... Capt. Jerry Cooper
June Shelley (as June Elliott)
Eiko Taki ... Tomiko
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Ashiya kara no hiko (Japan)
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Runtime:
100 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Sergeant Mike Takashima: My father was a Buddhist, my mother a Seventh-day Adventist. more

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Flight From Ashiya, 12 March 2007
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Author: zooloupapa99 from United States

Flight from Ashiya is a melancholy adventure story about 3 valiant military aviators, starring Yul Brynner, Richard Widmark, and George Chakiris in the United States Airforce Air/Sea Rescue Service. Set in post World War II 1950's Japan at the US Airforce base at Ashiya, the men of the Air/Sea Rescue Service repeatedly risked their lives, and sometimes gave their lives, "So That Others May Live".

The US Airforce vehicle of choice to perform these rescues was a seaplane made by Grumann aircraft named the Albatross. This airplane was designed to make open ocean landings, even during inclement weather conditions. Flying these missions was considered very hazardous peace time duty. In fact this was so dangerous that the US military no longer performs fixed wing open ocean rescue landings. This movie is one of the few films ever to feature the Grumann Albatross in action.

Flight From Ashiya is a character study of what motivates these three individuals to risk their lives daily in the service of humanity. Through the cinematic technique of "flashback", the viewer is able to see the individual stories of TechSgt Mike Takashima(Yul Brynner), LtCol Glen Stevenson (Richard Widmark), and 2ndLt John Gregg(George Chakiris) and the dark secrets that both whittle away at their collective confidences, yet simultaneously spur them on to conquer their fears en route to a very difficult and deadly mid-ocean rescue mission.

Seaplane buffs will enjoy the Albatross footage, and the special effects were just good enough to show how difficult open-ocean landings were without overwhelming this story of human courage, and coming to terms with "personal demons" in the face of implacable odds.

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