Featuring an all-star cast and on-location shooting in Japan, where the story is set, three US Air Force rescue pilots must overcome their personal problems and differences to embark upon a dangerous mission to save raft-bound Japanese survivors from a murderous storm-tossed sea. As they head for their location, the film flashes back to chronicle the pasts of each pilot to make clear their mixed feelings about their upcoming assignment.
Unfortunately the movie Flight from Ashiya is not yet available on HBO Max.
Production | Harold Hecht | Producer |
Writing | Elliott Arnold | Novel |
Writing | Elliott Arnold | Writer |
Writing | Waldo Salt | Writer |
Directing | Michael Anderson | Director |
Production | Masaichi Nagata | Executive Producer |
Sound | Frank Cordell | Original Music Composer |
Camera | Burnett Guffey | Director of Photography |
Camera | Joseph MacDonald | Director of Photography |
Editing | Gordon Pilkington | Editor |
Art | Eugène Lourié | Production Design |
Art | Tomoo Shimogawara | Art Direction |
Costume & Make-Up | Eric Allwright | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Robert J. Schiffer | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Daniel C. Striepeke | Makeup Artist |
Production | Gilbert Kurland | Production Manager |