The Sky Crawlers
Directed by:
Mamoru OshiiScreenplay:
伊藤ちひろCinematography:
Hisashi EzuraComposer:
Kenji KawaiCast:
Rinko Kikuchi, Ryō Kase, Chiaki Kuriyama, Shōsuke Tanihara, Naoto Takenaka, Daisuke Hirakawa, Mabuki Andou, Yuriko Hishimi, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Hōchū Ōtsuka (more)Plots(1)
A group of eternally young fighter pilots known as Kildren experience the sudden loss of innocence as they battle the enemy in astonishing dogfights above the clouds. With his only childhood memory consisting of intense flight training, the fearless teenage pilot Yuichi's dogfights coexist with his struggle to find his missing past. When his beautiful, young female commander Suito is reluctant to discuss the fate of the pilot that Yuichi is replacing - or the strangely perfect condition of that pilot's former aircraft - Yuichi's curiosity becomes heightened. (official distributor synopsis)
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The Sky Crawlers deserves a decent rating, if only for the air battles and the beautiful views of the clouds (and that is just the beginning). This movie was really beautiful, and I think I understood for the first time why someone could find flying so beautiful. It also contains a very original narrative, which slowly unfolds, and reveals at least one very well-known truth (there is more), i.e., that: SPOILER ALERT "you cannot step into the same river twice" END OF SPOILERS, which is very interestingly presented and built up. I have to say that I actually enjoyed it very much. So it is very nice, clever and definitely not boring, overall, this movie is great. 9/10.
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