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Eternal Zero
Well, it's watchable, of course, but I can't help but reiterate that the film format doesn't suit me. The film's duration is almost two and a half hours, and while the plot seems well-structured and the message is conveyed clearly, it didn't provide me with any sensual, aesthetic, or intellectual satisfaction, nor was it particularly informative: documentaries do a much better job with that, and other formats are better suited for all other tasks.
As for the kamikaze pilots themselves, from a strategic point of view, a combat unit should (ideally) complete its mission/destroy the enemy and return to base to be deployed again, because neither pilots nor their aircraft grow on trees. Therefore, it's difficult to assess the effectiveness of such methods, especially considering that anti-aircraft weaponry was constantly evolving, and by the end of the war, it was no longer easy to reach the target. Moreover, if I remember and understand correctly, although according to Bushido, dying in battle is honorable, it shouldn't be an end in itself, so it's unfortunate... It seems that both are simply the result of a hopeless situation at the time.
Director Hayao Miyazaki, in an interview, accused the film of "trying to make a Zero fighter story based on a fictional war account that is a pack of lies." He added that this film was "just continuing a phony myth" and that he had "hated that sort of thing ever since I was a kid."
And why is it that whenever I come across this name, it always sounds like a pretentious MD?