Destroyer Yukikaze

Destroyer Yukikaze

92 mins | Drama, War | Feb. 16, 1964

Yutaro Kida, a worker at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal, volunteers for the navy but finds himself a cook's mate in the galley of a gunboat. But his dream is eventually realized when he is transferred to the new and powerful destroyer Yukikaze which he helped to build. When the Pacific War breaks out Yukikaze performs valiantly in the South Pacific, and while on shore leave, Kida meets and falls in love with Yukiko, younger sister of his commander.

Destroyer Yukikaze

92 mins | Drama, War | Feb. 16, 1964

Destroyer Yukikaze
Yutaro Kida, a worker at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal, volunteers for the navy but finds himself a cook's mate in the galley of a gunboat. But his dream is eventually realized when he is transferred to the new and powerful destroyer Yukikaze which he helped to build. When the Pacific War breaks out Yukikaze performs valiantly in the South Pacific, and while on shore leave, Kida meets and falls in love with Yukiko, younger sister of his commander.
Producers
Original title 駆逐艦雪風
Directors Tatsuo Yamada
Writers Kenichi Ohashi, Yasuhiro Tokura

Cast

Isamu Nagato

as Yutaro Kida

Shima Iwashita

as Yukiko Tejima

Homare Suguro

as Yuji Kida

Kinuko Obata

as Kunie Tejima

Takayuki Akutagawa

as Narrator (voice)