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The Battle of Okinawa
1971, Aug 14
2h 29m
The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army divisions to defend it at all costs. The mission quickly degenerates as vital resources and troops are diverted to other islands. After a civilian evacuation ends in tragedy most of non-combatants are forced to remain on the island. Many convert to soldier status. Tokyo sends mixed messages that squander time and resources, as when they order the defenders to build an airstrip for aircraft that never come. The truth soon becomes obvious: the high command decides that the island cannot be held and effectively abandons the Okinawan defenders. When the Americans land many troops are deployed in the wrong places. As the slaughter mounts, a suicidal attitude takes hold. Okinawa becomes a death trap, for civilian volunteers and non-combatants as well.
Directed by
Kihachi Okamoto
Eijirō Tōno
Yoshijirō Umezu
Hisashi Igawa
Koichi Ito
Minori Terada
Mitsuru Yoshida
Kunie Tanaka
Barber Higa
Tatsuya Nakadai
Colonel Hiromichi Yahara
Eimei Esumi
Regimental District Headquarters Officer
Hiroyuki Kawase
Child in Tomb
Sachio Sakai
Water Seller
Shigeru Kōyama
Akira Shimada
Jūkei Fujioka
Sanada
Masao Imafuku
Principal Teruya
Takamaru Sasaki
Ugaki
Kenji Sahara
Teacher Tamayose
Yūzō Kayama
Dr. Higa
Keiju Kobayashi
General Ushijima
Kamatari Fujiwara
Old Man in Tomb
Tetsuro Tamba
Lieutenant General Isamu Cho
Ben Hiura
Lieutenant Nishioka
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Narrator (voice)
Shin Kishida
Meguro
Ryō Ikebe
Rear Admiral Ota
Naoko Ohtani
Young Woman
Yūsuke Kawazu
Naomichi Jin
Takeo Chii
Ogura
Ichirō Nakatani
Chief of Staff Ueno
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Ill Man
Katsuhiko Sasaki
Communications Officer Miyake
Daigo Kusano
Captain Okuyama
Kazuo Suzuki
Nakajima
Yūsuke Takita
Teacher Nakasone
Akira Yamanouchi
Shūichi Miyazaki
Machiko Naka
Mother
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Rikichi Andō
Hideyo Amamoto
Principal Noda
Yutaka Sada
Father in Tomb
Michitarō Mizushima
Mayumi Ozora
Nurse Uehara
Jun Hamamura
Shuki Izumi
Gorō Mutsumi
Yakamaru
Kōji Mitsui
Old Man
Haruya Katō
Shōichi Hirose
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
Military Police Commander
Ren Yamamoto
Sergeant Omori
Etsushi Takahashi
Yokichi Kaga
Jun Funato
Officer
Kotaro Tomita
Wakako Sakai
Tokashiki
Shinsuke Achiwa
Hokama
Rinsaku Ogata
Soldier (uncredited)
Chōtarō Tōgin
Suwabe
Naoya Kusakawa
Yutaka Nakayama
Private Yoshizaki
Haruo Suzuki
Sergeant Major
Isao Hashimoto
Captain Masunaga
Keiji Sakakida
Government Official (uncredited)
Wataru Ōmae
Coastal Sentry
Isao Tamagawa
Kamai
Takuzō Kumagai
Government Official (uncredited)
Akio Kusama
Government Official (uncredited)
Hirayoshi Aono
Masao Watanabe
Yoshio Katsube
Teacher Yonamine
Kanta Mori
Kimura
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Sakaguchi
Masanobu Oki
Sergeant Nakamura
Kōji Iwamoto
Sergeant Fujita
Yasuzō Ogawa
Corporal Komori
Ryuji Kita
Torashirō Kawabe
Hiroaki Abe
Takushiro Hattori
Yukiko Komura
Kakazu
Shunichi Okita
Private Nakama
Ippei Kawashima
Private Izumi
Yōko Minami
Mrs Shimada
Seishirō Kuno
Third Squadron Commander
Jiro Daimaru
Nagano Officer
Imari Tsuji
Old Woman in Tomb
Shingo Hiramatsu
Kyoto Buddhist
Yasuo Araki
Officer
Toyoyuki Kimura
Child Soldier
Hirohisa Sonoda
Training Officer
Michiyo Yamazoe
Girl in Trench
Zan Fujita
Toshiko Nakano
Akira Nishikawa
Itaru Ose
Kōji Uruki
Soldier (uncredited)
Kamayuki Tsubono
Government Official (uncredited)
Ichirō Chiba
Chiba Resident (uncredited)
Junpei Natsuki
Citizen (uncredited)
Haruya Sakamoto
Staff Officer (uncredited)
Shizuko Higashi
Nurse (uncredited)
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