The one Japanese plane that stands out in my memory are the Aichi VAL Torpedo Bombers that were replicated for the movie "Tora, Tora, Tora".
Big movie screens of the past, radial engine exhaust note, Kamikaze headbands with fur helmets and a scarf blowing behind the pilot. As a 10 yr. old watching it, I was enthralled! The P-40's being blown apart Wheeler Field were pretty good special effects even to this day.