Kurosawa Rainbow #7

Kurosawa Rainbow   黒澤レインボー

#7

Unit 7   7号機

JA8070	MD-90	JAS » JAL Domestic		1997-04
JA004D	MD-90	JAS » JAL Domestic		1997-05

In 1995 Japanese Domestic carrier JAS teamed up with Akira Kurosawa, one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. The director of Seven Samourai was also a designer and he created 7 different designs for JAS with the original themes being “Japanese morning” and “7 rainbow colors over the skies of Japan”. The schemes were strictly symetrical and adorned all 16 brand new MD90 of the airline. The first seven aircraft became the "Seven Samourai" while from the 8th delivery, aircraft would again wear the first design and so on, becoming some kind of Shadow Warriors (the name of another Kurosawa movie).

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Kurosawa Rainbow #6

Kurosawa Rainbow   黒澤レインボー

#6

Unit 6   6号機

JA8069	MD-90	JAS » JAL Domestic		1996-04
JA003D	MD-90	JAS » JAL Domestic		1997-05

In 1995 Japanese Domestic carrier JAS teamed up with Akira Kurosawa, one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. The director of Seven Samourai was also a designer and he created 7 different designs for JAS with the original themes being “Japanese morning” and “7 rainbow colors over the skies of Japan”. The schemes were strictly symetrical and adorned all 16 brand new MD90 of the airline. The first seven aircraft became the "Seven Samourai" while from the 8th delivery, aircraft would again wear the first design and so on, becoming some kind of Shadow Warriors (the name of another Kurosawa movie).

Image  ©  Gambardier (ITM)
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Kurosawa Rainbow #5

Kurosawa Rainbow   黒澤レインボー

#5

Unit 5   5号機

JA8066	MD-90	JAS » JAL Domestic		1996-05
JA002D	MD-90	JAS » JAL Domestic		1997-04

In 1995 Japanese Domestic carrier JAS teamed up with Akira Kurosawa, one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. The director of Seven Samourai was also a designer and he created 7 different designs for JAS with the original themes being “Japanese morning” and “7 rainbow colors over the skies of Japan”. The schemes were strictly symetrical and adorned all 16 brand new MD90 of the airline. The first seven aircraft became the "Seven Samourai" while from the 8th delivery, aircraft would again wear the first design and so on, becoming some kind of Shadow Warriors (the name of another Kurosawa movie).

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Kurosawa Rainbow #4

Kurosawa Rainbow   黒澤レインボー

#4

Unit 4   4号機

JA8062	MD-90	JAS » JAL Domestic		1996-06
JA001D	MD-90	JAS » JAL Domestic		1997-05

In 1995 Japanese Domestic carrier JAS teamed up with Akira Kurosawa, one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. The director of Seven Samourai was also a designer and he created 7 different designs for JAS with the original themes being “Japanese morning” and “7 rainbow colors over the skies of Japan”. The schemes were strictly symetrical and adorned all 16 brand new MD90 of the airline. The first seven aircraft became the "Seven Samourai" while from the 8th delivery, aircraft would again wear the first design and so on, becoming some kind of Shadow Warriors (the name of another Kurosawa movie).

Although already on the Japanese register by October 1995, problems with the electrical system meant JA8062 was stored in the Arizona desert before paint and did not arrive in Japan before May 1996.

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Kurosawa Rainbow #3

Kurosawa Rainbow   黒澤レインボー

#3

Unit 3   3号機

JA8063	MD-90	JAS » JAL Domestic		1996-03
JA8029	MD-90	JAS » JAL Domestic		1997-05

In 1995 Japanese Domestic carrier JAS teamed up with Akira Kurosawa, one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. The director of Seven Samourai was also a designer and he created 7 different designs for JAS with the original themes being “Japanese morning” and “7 rainbow colors over the skies of Japan”. The schemes were strictly symetrical and adorned all 16 brand new MD90 of the airline. The first seven aircraft became the "Seven Samourai" while from the 8th delivery, aircraft would again wear the first design and so on, becoming some kind of Shadow Warriors (the name of another Kurosawa movie).

Although already on the Japanese register by October 1995, problems with the electrical system meant JA8063 was stored in the Arizona desert before paint and did not arrive in Japan before May 1996.

Image  ©  Gambardier (ITM)
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Kurosawa Rainbow #2

Kurosawa Rainbow   黒澤レインボー

#2

Unit 2   2号機

JA8065	MD-90	JAS » JAL Domestic		1996-05
JA8020	MD-90	JAS » JAL Domestic		1997-05
JA006D	MD-90	JAS » JAL Domestic		1998-06

In 1995 Japanese Domestic carrier JAS teamed up with Akira Kurosawa, one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. The director of Seven Samourai was also a designer and he created 7 different designs for JAS with the original themes being “Japanese morning” and “7 rainbow colors over the skies of Japan”. The schemes were strictly symetrical and adorned all 16 brand new MD90 of the airline. The first seven aircraft became the "Seven Samourai" while from the 8th delivery, aircraft would again wear the first design and so on, becoming some kind of Shadow Warriors (the name of another Kurosawa movie).

This second scheme had the specificity to show the author’s signature.

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Kurosawa Rainbow #1

Kurosawa Rainbow   黒澤レインボー

#1

Unit 1   1号機

JA8064	MD-90	JAS » JAL Domestic		1995-05
JA8004	MD-90	JAS » JAL Domestic		1997-04
JA005D	MD-90	JAS » JAL Domestic		1998-03

In 1995 Japanese Domestic carrier JAS teamed up with Akira Kurosawa, one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. The director of Seven Samourai was also a designer and he created 7 different designs for JAS with the original themes being “Japanese morning” and “7 rainbow colors over the skies of Japan”. The schemes were strictly symetrical and adorned all 16 brand new MD90 of the airline. The first seven aircraft became the "Seven Samourai" while from the 8th delivery, aircraft would again wear the first design and so on, becoming some kind of Shadow Warriors (the name of another Kurosawa movie).

Although this aircraft was rigorously the third registered with the airline (on December 19, 1995), it was the first to arrive at Haneda on January 9, 1996. Note the JAS titles were really mirrored on the starboard side, resulting in letters being in the wrong direction! Kurosawa died shortly after in 1998 and in honour of the artist, people asked for the aircraft to retain the liveries after the JAL-JAS merger, however for corporate image reasons, all aircraft finally got repainted in JAL's Arc of the Sun livery in the mid-2000s.

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