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Happy Flight is a film of genre Drama directed by Shinobu Yaguchi released in USA on 15 november 2008 with Seiichi Tanabe
Happy Flight (2008)
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Add to a movie listHappy Flight (ハッピーフライト, Happī Furaito) is a Japanese comedy film directed by Shinobu Yaguchi about pilots and flight attendants. All Nippon Airways (ANA) backed the creation of the film. The airline sponsored a giveaway of Happy Flight DVDs and other items to certain members of ANA's mileage club.
Actors
Seiichi Tanabe
(Kazuhiro Suzuki)
Haruka Ayase
(Etsuko Saito)
Kazue Fukiishi
(Mari Tanaka)
Tomoko Tabata
Shinobu Terajima
(Reiko Yamazaki)
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