Happy Flight (2008)
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Comedy and suspense take turns in this crowd-pleasing picture from popular Japanese director Shinobu Yaguchi. Flight 1980 is preparing to take off from Tokyo to Hawaii, and a team of trained professionals is working to see the flight goes smoothly. Capt. Harada (Saburo Tokito) is a tough,… More Comedy and suspense take turns in this crowd-pleasing picture from popular Japanese director Shinobu Yaguchi. Flight 1980 is preparing to take off from Tokyo to Hawaii, and a team of trained professionals is working to see the flight goes smoothly. Capt. Harada (Saburo Tokito) is a tough, by-the-book pilot who is training young co-pilot Suzuki (Seiichi Tanabe) who is eager to move up to full pilot's status. The flight is also carrying a new stewardess, Saito (Haruka Ayase), who is nervous about working under exacting Chief Purser Yamazaki (Shinobu Terajima), a taskmaster who also intimidates the more experienced Mari (Kazue Fukiishi). Meanwhile at the airport, Kimura (Tomoko Tabata) deals with lost luggage and disgruntled passengers, and the head of the ground crew (Ryosei Tayama) and his chief weather adviser (Ittoku Kishibe) strive to get the flight off the ground safely and on time. Despite the hard work and expertise of everyone involved, two unexpected crises put the flight in grave danger -- a new computer system aboard the jet malfunctions, and as Capt. Harada turns back to Tokyo, it's discovered a hurricane is brewing just off the coast. Can Flight 1980 safely land before the storm hits the airport? A major box office success in Japan, Happy Flight was also screened in competition at the 2008 Pusan International Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Shinobu Yaguchi
- Genres
- Art House & International, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Nov 15, 2008 Wide
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Cast
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Seiichi Tanabe
as Kazuhiro Suzuki
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Saburô Tokitô
as Noriyoshi Harada
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Haruka Ayase
as Etsuko
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Kazue Fukiishi
as Mari
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Tomoko Tabata
as Natsumi
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Shinobu Terajima
as Reiko Yamazaki
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Ittoku Kishibe
as Vet Weather Guru
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Takashi Sasano
as Man with a Toupee
- Fumiyo Kohinata
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Ryosei Tayama
as Martinet Manager
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Daikichi Sugawara
as Bullying Businessman
- Tetsuji Tanaka
- Bokuzo Masana
- Kami Hiraiwa
- Ryû Morioka
- Mika Hijii
- Bengal
- Yoshiyuki Morishita
- Mayumi Akeboshi