is a 1940 black-and-white

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produced and directed by

Yutaka Abe was a Japanese film director and actor. He went to America along with a younger brother to visit an uncle living in Los Angeles. There he enrolled in an acting school, and upon hearing that Thomas H. Ince was looking for Japanese extras to work ...

, with special effects by

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. The theme song was sung by Ichiro Fujiyama and composed by Kosaku Yamada.Moyuru Ozora
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Cast

* * * Heihachiro "Henry" Okawa *

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* Soji Kiyokawa * *

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Crew

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. *Art Director: Takeo Kita *Lighting: Tsuruzo Nishikawa *Sound: Isamu Suzuki

References

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* * 1940s war films Japanese war films Toho films Japanese black-and-white films 1940 films Films directed by Yutaka Abe Films scored by Fumio Hayasaka {{WWII-film-stub