Word: takakura
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...pilot who died. But it was after Tome's death in 1992 at age 89 that she won her lifelong struggle. Thanks to Japanese media reports, she became known nationwide as the "Kamikaze Mom," and even skeptics repulsed by the deadly missions warmed to the granny's tale. Ken Takakura, the John Wayne of Japan, conceived of a motion picture after visiting Chiran, in which he starred as a former kamikaze pilot who survived. Among the top-grossing domestic films of 2001, it was called Hotaru (Firefly). Hatsuyo now runs the Tomiya Inn in the building that once housed...
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