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The extraordinary and compelling story of the World War II suicide bombers. The kamikazes were Japanese pilots who made the ultimate sacrifice: to carry a new and incomprehensible weapon of war; a final mission that would result in certain death; to dive and crash into enemy ships. Over 60 years ago, with World War II entering its final stages, Japan faced utter ruin and total defeat.
Peter Cattaneo and Simon Beaufoy's low-budget comedy about unemployed Sheffield steelworkers putting on a striptease show stormed the box office on both sides of the Atlantic, becoming one of the most successful British films ever made, taking over £52 million in the UK alone.