Flight from Ashiya (1964)
100 min
Featuring an all-star cast and on-location shooting in Japan, where the story is set, three US Air Force rescue pilots must overcome their personal problems and differences to embark upon a dangerous mission to save raft-bound Japanese survivors from a murderous storm-tossed sea. As they head for their location, the film flashes back to chronicle the pasts of each pilot to make clear their mixed feelings about their upcoming assignment.
- Release date
- March 25, 1964
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Yul Brynner as TSgt. Mike Takashima
- Richard Widmark as Lt. Col. Glenn Stevenson
- George Chakiris as 2nd Lt. John Gregg
- Suzy Parker as Lucille Caroll
- Shirley Knight as Caroline Gordon
- Shirley Knight as Stevenson
- Danièle Gaubert as Leila
- Eiko Takashiro as Tomiko
- Joe Di Reda as SSgt. Randy Smith
- Mitsuhiro Sugiyama as Charlie
- E.S. Ince as Capt. Walter Mound
Crew
- Michael Anderson · Director
- Elliott Arnold · Writer
- Waldo Salt · Writer
- Harold Hecht · Producer
- Frank Cordell · Composer
- Burnett Guffey · Cinematographer
- Joseph MacDonald · Cinematographer
- Gordon Pilkington · Editor
- Eugène Lourié · Production designer