

While fitting in the air pocket and connecting the broken wire of Kunii on the wings, they managed to drop bricks and five-inch nails onto the German trenches from above to scout the fortress. The Mo-type seaplane on which Osugi and Kunii were piloting was not in time for the bomb, and while bricks and five-inch nails, it started with the enthusiastic farewell of the crew. And finally, it's time for the first operation to destroyed the fortress. By late September, the seaplane carrier Wakamiya loaded up the biplanes on the deck, became the world's first aircraft carrier and headed for Qingdao. However, Osugi decides to sort for the survival of his unit. These men would became the first task team to do such dangerous operation. The unit also consists of two Farman seaplanes, with Major Osugi as commander and a total of five pilots, including Shoji, who has never boarded an airplane before. At that time, Admiral Katō Sadakichi, suddenly set up a task team in the early days of the flying corps stationed at the "Oppama Navy Aeronautical Research Institute" (追浜海軍航空術研究所, Oppama kaigun kōkū-jutsu kenkyūjo). However, a huge artillery batteries is placed at Fort Bismarck, and even the combined fleet that the Imperial Japanese Navy is proud of planning a operation, making it extremely difficult to capture the base. Japan (who was part of the Anglo-Japanese alliance of 1902) is requested by Allied Powers ( United Kingdom, France and Russia) to joined in the war and seized the base in Qingdao. This is because Germany has occupied the Kiautschou Bay concession of China and made Qingdao a base for the invasion of Asia. In 1914, The Great War began which was originated in the Balkan Peninsula and extended to the Far East. This miniature was exhibited at the 2012 event "Director Hideaki Anno Special Effects Museum Miniature Showa Heisei Techniques". The train model that appears at the climatic moment was custom-made in a steel miniature and was shot with an unmanned camera that was also partially used in Godzilla back in 1954. However, at the time of production, the position of the gunpowder was not from the helicopter, and the timing of shooting was about 4 out of 10 shots. The Fortress Bismarck set was a huge open set in Gotemba and was taken aerial shots from a helicopter. The scene on the ship was shot on the battleship " Mikasa" was preserved at Mikasa Park.

The seaplane carrier Wakamiya was also photographed using a cargo ship. The full-scale model of the Farman MF.11 seaplane was assembled by a craftsman specializing in gliders by borrowing the disassembled actual machine saved by the Japan Aeronautic Association and creating a restoration drawing. In both cases, the shooting was done in addition to the set, and on Mt. In addition to the usual Japanese subtitles lined up in the corners of the screen, the lines of the German soldiers in the scenes are other works such as handwritten subtitles such as "The enemy is brave!" and "The bottom is brave!" The production is not seen in Germany.įor the filming, in addition to the elaborate miniature of the Farman MF.11 and Etrich Taube with a wingspan of 1 meter or more, a full-scale model for shooting the main story with a propeller rotating was produced. In overseas countries like Europe and the United States, it was released under the title "Siege of Fort Bismarck." These men were part of Japan's first naval aviator corp. the story is about a group of young pilots of the Imperial Japanese Navy led a task team to destroyed the Germans communication posts, ammunition depots, and air-aircraft defenses, making way the Allied forces to captured the port city. The film was set in World War One (1914-1918), which is rare for a Japanese movie.
