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title: 'Moyuru ōzora (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Yutaka Abe'
released: '1940-01-01'
genres:
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/moyuru-ozora-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3508934/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Moyuru ōzora (1940)

1940 · War · Japan

Original title: 燃ゆる大空

## Synopsis

The Burning Sky  is a 1940 black-and-white Japanese war film produced and directed by Yutaka Abe, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film depicts the growth and fighting style of Imperial Japanese Army Air Service officers as they undergo training, and later their interactions with their former instructor as they fight together in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War after he takes command of their squadron. Considered a work of high quality, The Burning Sky is ranked eighth in the Kinema Junpo list of Ten Best Japanese Films. Special cinematographer Eiichi Tsuburaya won the Japan Photographers Association Award for his work on the film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Yutaka Abe](https://cinepixo.com/people/yutaka-abe)
- **Producer:** [Yutaka Abe](https://cinepixo.com/people/yutaka-abe)
- **Screenplay:** [Yasutarō Yagi](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasutaro-yagi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Fumio Hayasaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/fumio-hayasaka)
- **Director of Photography:** [Yoshio Miyajima](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshio-miyajima)

## Cast

- [Kazuo Hasegawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazuo-hasegawa)

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