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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
Keiju Kobayashi
General Ushijima
Tatsuya Nakadai
Colonel Hiromichi Yahara
Kunie Tanaka
Barber Higa
Tetsuro Tamba
Lieutenant General Isamu Cho
Minori Terada
Mitsuru Yoshida
Kamatari Fujiwara
Old Man in Tomb
Eijirō Tōno
Yoshijirō Umezu
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Narrator (voice)
Eimei Esumi
Regimental District Headquarters Officer
Hisashi Igawa
Koichi Ito
Jun Hamamura
Shuki Izumi
Shin Kishida
Meguro
Hideyo Amamoto
Principal Noda
Shigeru Kōyama
Akira Shimada
Naoko Ohtani
Young Woman
Takeo Chii
Ogura
Jūkei Fujioka
Sanada
Ryō Ikebe
Rear Admiral Ota
Ichirō Nakatani
Chief of Staff Ueno
Katsuhiko Sasaki
Communications Officer Miyake
Yūzō Kayama
Dr. Higa
Ben Hiura
Lieutenant Nishioka
Sachio Sakai
Water Seller
Kenji Sahara
Teacher Tamayose
Etsushi Takahashi
Yokichi Kaga
Yūsuke Kawazu
Naomichi Jin
Michitarō Mizushima
Ren Yamamoto
Sergeant Omori
Yūsuke Takita
Teacher Nakasone
Kōji Mitsui
Old Man
Daigo Kusano
Captain Okuyama
Masao Imafuku
Principal Teruya
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Ill Man
Wakako Sakai
Tokashiki
Kazuo Suzuki
Nakajima
Isao Tamagawa
Kamai
Shōichi Hirose
Rinsaku Ogata
Soldier (uncredited)
Mayumi Ozora
Nurse Uehara
Gorō Mutsumi
Yakamaru
Takamaru Sasaki
Ugaki
Yutaka Sada
Father in Tomb
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Rikichi Andō
Naoya Kusakawa
Machiko Naka
Mother
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
Military Police Commander
Chōtarō Tōgin
Suwabe
Akira Yamanouchi
Shūichi Miyazaki
Isao Hashimoto
Captain Masunaga
Takuzō Kumagai
Government Official (uncredited)
Yutaka Nakayama
Private Yoshizaki
Haruya Katō
Kotaro Tomita
Haruo Suzuki
Sergeant Major
Keiji Sakakida
Government Official (uncredited)
Wataru Ōmae
Coastal Sentry
Jun Funato
Officer
Hiroyuki Kawase
Child in Tomb
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
Shinsuke Achiwa
Hokama
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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