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Wings of Defeat

What were the Japanese Kamikazes thinking just before crashing into their targets? When Risa Morimoto discovered that her beloved uncle trained as a Kamikaze pilot in his youth, she wondered the same thing. Through rare interviews with surviving Kamikaze pilots, Morimoto retraces their journeys from teenagers to doomed pilots and reveals a complex history of brutal training and ambivalent sacrifice.

English
  • Originally Aired May 5, 2009
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Network PBS
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Name Type Role
Risa Morimoto, Linda Hoaglund Director