The Eagle of the Pacific

You're Admiral Yamamoto, forced to plan the Pearl Harbor attack. Your reservations about war with America are profound. But duty calls. Then comes Midway. Honda regularizes war as a machine, fate as a burden. A film attuned to post-Hiroshima Japanese identity.

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Ishirō Honda directed The Eagle of the Pacific in 1953. See Ishirō Honda's full filmography, where to start with Ishirō Honda, or where to go after you've seen everything by Ishirō Honda.

The Eagle of the Pacific was released in 1953 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 119 minutes.