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The Battle of Okinawa
激動の昭和史 沖縄決戦
War
History

The biggest and last fierce battle in history! 90 days of turbulence that burned green and life!

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.

1971-08-14
ja
Cast
Director
Kihachi Okamoto
Keiju Kobayashi as General Ushijima
Tetsuro Tamba as Lieutenant General Isamu Cho
Tatsuya Nakadai as Colonel Hiromichi Yahara
Yūsuke Kawazu as Naomichi Jin
Ichirō Nakatani as Chief of Staff Ueno
Ryō Ikebe as Rear Admiral Ota
Shigeru Kōyama as Akira Shimada
Kunie Tanaka as Barber Higa
Eijirō Tōno as Yoshijirō Umezu
Jun Hamamura as Shuki Izumi
Akira Yamanouchi as Shūichi Miyazaki
Jūkei Fujioka as Sanada
Shin Kishida as Meguro
Yūzō Kayama as Dr. Higa
Mayumi Ozora as Nurse Uehara
Wakako Sakai as Tokashiki
Kenjirō Ishiyama as Rikichi Andō
Hisashi Igawa as Koichi Ito
Hirayoshi Aono as Masao Watanabe
Gorō Mutsumi as Yakamaru
Etsushi Takahashi as Yokichi Kaga
Hideyo Amamoto as Principal Noda
Masao Imafuku as Principal Teruya
Kenji Sahara as Teacher Tamayose
Yūsuke Takita as Teacher Nakasone
Katsuhiko Sasaki as Communications Officer Miyake
Takamaru Sasaki as Ugaki
Ren Yamamoto as Sergeant Omori
Kazuo Suzuki as Nakajima
Yutaka Nakayama as Private Yoshizaki
Chōtarō Tōgin as Suwabe
Isao Hashimoto as Captain Masunaga
Daigo Kusano as Captain Okuyama
Shinsuke Achiwa as Hokama
Isao Tamagawa as Kamai
Minori Terada as Mitsuru Yoshida
Ben Hiura as Lieutenant Nishioka
Takeo Chii as Ogura
Haruo Suzuki as Sergeant Major
Wataru Ōmae as Coastal Sentry
Kiyoshi Yamamoto as Military Police Commander
Eimei Esumi as Regimental District Headquarters Officer
Sachio Sakai as Water Seller
Kōji Mitsui as Old Man
Kamatari Fujiwara as Old Man in Tomb
Yutaka Sada as Father in Tomb
Hiroyuki Kawase as Child in Tomb
Machiko Naka as Mother
Jun Funato as Officer
Naoko Ohtani as Young Woman
Ryōsuke Kagawa as Ill Man
Shōichi Hirose
Naoya Kusakawa
Michitarō Mizushima
Kotaro Tomita
Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Narrator (voice)
Kihachi Okamoto as Officer Spotting Enemy Ship (uncredited)
Takuzō Kumagai as Government Official (uncredited)
Keiji Sakakida as Government Official (uncredited)
Akio Kusama as Government Official (uncredited)
Rinsaku Ogata as Soldier (uncredited)