The Fighter Pilot
2013 2h 24m movie Film Japan

The Fighter Pilot

永遠の0

“Find life in the sky.”

Synopsis

永遠の0

“Find life in the sky.”

A brother and sister learn their biological grandfather was a kamikaze pilot who died during World War II. During their research into his life, they get conflicting accounts from his former comrades about his character and how he joined his squadron.

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War + Drama in Japan

59 Japan titles in our catalog blend the War and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Fighter Pilot itself).

The 2012–2014 Japan Window

The Fighter Pilot holds position #252 of 530 Japan films in the 2012–2014 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Solitary Gourmet
    #1

    Solitary Gourmet

    ★ 9.0 · 2012
  2. Attack on Titan
    #2

    Attack on Titan

    ★ 8.7 · 2013
  3. High School D×D
    #3

    High School D×D

    ★ 8.6 · 2012
  4. Haikyu!!
    #4

    Haikyu!!

    ★ 8.6 · 2014
  5. Your Lie in April
    #5

    Your Lie in April

    ★ 8.6 · 2014
  6. Kamisama Kiss
    #6

    Kamisama Kiss

    ★ 8.6 · 2012
  7. Golden Time
    #7

    Golden Time

    ★ 8.6 · 2013
  8. Magi
    #8

    Magi

    ★ 8.6 · 2012

The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Fighter Pilot premiered alongside 177 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 177 other Japan films in 2013.

The 2885th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

55
Reviews
66th
Review-volume percentile
27th
Popularity percentile

55 audience reviews — more than 66% of Japan films in our index.

Review volume (66th percentile) outruns trending popularity (27th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Reception Benchmarks

7.0
TMDB Rating
55
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #2,153 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (53rd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among Japan War productions specifically: #66 of 105 (top 63%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Spoken LanguagesJapanese, Russian
Production CompaniesAmuse Soft Entertainment, TOHO
Runtime2h 24m
Release DateDecember 20, 2013
IMDbtt2404217