The Battle of Okinawa
The biggest and last fierce battle in history! 90 days of turbulence that burned green and life!
1971 ja 149 minutes
Rating: 7.8
Plot
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.
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Cast
Keiju Kobayashi
General Ushijima
Tetsuro Tamba
Lieutenant General Isamu Cho
Tatsuya Nakadai
Colonel Hiromichi Yahara
Yūsuke Kawazu
Naomichi Jin
Ichirō Nakatani
Chief of Staff Ueno
Ryō Ikebe
Rear Admiral Ota
Shigeru Kōyama
Akira Shimada
Kunie Tanaka
Barber Higa
Eijirō Tōno
Yoshijirō Umezu
Jun Hamamura
Shuki Izumi
Akira Yamanouchi
Shūichi Miyazaki
Jūkei Fujioka
Sanada
Shin Kishida
Meguro
Yūzō Kayama
Dr. Higa
Mayumi Ozora
Nurse Uehara
Wakako Sakai
Tokashiki
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Rikichi Andō
Hisashi Igawa
Koichi Ito
Hirayoshi Aono
Masao Watanabe
Gorō Mutsumi
Yakamaru
Etsushi Takahashi
Yokichi Kaga
Hideyo Amamoto
Principal Noda
Masao Imafuku
Principal Teruya
Kenji Sahara
Teacher Tamayose
Yūsuke Takita
Teacher Nakasone
Yoshio Katsube
Teacher Yonamine
Katsuhiko Sasaki
Communications Officer Miyake
Takamaru Sasaki
Ugaki
Ren Yamamoto
Sergeant Omori
Kazuo Suzuki
Nakajima
Yutaka Nakayama
Private Yoshizaki
Chōtarō Tōgin
Suwabe
Kanta Mori
Kimura
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Sakaguchi
Masanobu Oki
Sergeant Nakamura
Kōji Iwamoto
Sergeant Fujita
Isao Hashimoto
Captain Masunaga
Daigo Kusano
Captain Okuyama
Yasuzō Ogawa
Corporal Komori
Shinsuke Achiwa
Hokama
Isao Tamagawa
Kamai
Ryuji Kita
Torashirō Kawabe
Minori Terada
Mitsuru Yoshida
Hiroaki Abe
Takushiro Hattori
Ben Hiura
Lieutenant Nishioka
Yukiko Komura
Kakazu
Takeo Chii
Ogura
Shunichi Okita
Private Nakama
Ippei Kawashima
Private Izumi
Yōko Minami
Mrs Shimada
Seishirō Kuno
Third Squadron Commander
Haruo Suzuki
Sergeant Major
Jiro Daimaru
Nagano Officer
Wataru Ōmae
Coastal Sentry
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
Military Police Commander
Eimei Esumi
Regimental District Headquarters Officer
Sachio Sakai
Water Seller
Kōji Mitsui
Old Man
Kamatari Fujiwara
Old Man in Tomb
Imari Tsuji
Old Woman in Tomb
Yutaka Sada
Father in Tomb
Hiroyuki Kawase
Child in Tomb
Machiko Naka
Mother
Shingo Hiramatsu
Kyoto Buddhist
Yasuo Araki
Officer
Jun Funato
Officer
Toyoyuki Kimura
Child Soldier
Hirohisa Sonoda
Training Officer
Naoko Ohtani
Young Woman
Michiyo Yamazoe
Girl in Trench
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Ill Man
Zan Fujita
Shōichi Hirose
Haruya Katō
Naoya Kusakawa
Michitarō Mizushima
Toshiko Nakano
Akira Nishikawa
Itaru Ose
Kotaro Tomita
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Narrator (voice)
Kihachi Okamoto
Officer Spotting Enemy Ship (uncredited)
Kōji Uruki
Soldier (uncredited)
Takuzō Kumagai
Government Official (uncredited)
Keiji Sakakida
Government Official (uncredited)
Akio Kusama
Government Official (uncredited)
Kamayuki Tsubono
Government Official (uncredited)
Ichirō Chiba
Chiba Resident (uncredited)
Junpei Natsuki
Citizen (uncredited)
Haruya Sakamoto
Staff Officer (uncredited)
Rinsaku Ogata
Soldier (uncredited)
Shizuko Higashi
Nurse (uncredited)
