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Cast
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Keiju Kobayashi | As: General Ushijima |
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Tetsuro Tamba | As: Lieutenant General Isamu Cho |
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Tatsuya Nakadai | As: Colonel Hiromichi Yahara |
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Yūsuke Kawazu | As: Naomichi Jin |
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Ichirō Nakatani | As: Chief of Staff Ueno |
Storyline
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.
| Tagline: | The biggest and last fierce battle in history! 90 days of turbulence that burned green and life! |
| Certification: | 16 |
Cast
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Keiju Kobayashi |
General Ushijima |
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Tetsuro Tamba |
Lieutenant General Isamu Cho |
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Tatsuya Nakadai |
Colonel Hiromichi Yahara |
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Yūsuke Kawazu |
Naomichi Jin |
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Ichirō Nakatani |
Chief of Staff Ueno |
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Ryō Ikebe |
Rear Admiral Ota |
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Shigeru Kōyama |
Akira Shimada |
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Kunie Tanaka |
Barber Higa |
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Eijirō Tōno |
Yoshijirō Umezu |
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Jun Hamamura |
Shuki Izumi |
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Akira Yamanouchi |
Shūichi Miyazaki |
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Jūkei Fujioka |
Sanada |
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Shin Kishida |
Meguro |
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Yūzō Kayama |
Dr. Higa |
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Mayumi Ozora |
Nurse Uehara |
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Wakako Sakai |
Tokashiki |
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Kenjirō Ishiyama |
Rikichi Andō |
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Hisashi Igawa |
Koichi Ito |
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Hirayoshi Aono |
Masao Watanabe |
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Gorō Mutsumi |
Yakamaru |
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Etsushi Takahashi |
Yokichi Kaga |
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Hideyo Amamoto |
Principal Noda |
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Masao Imafuku |
Principal Teruya |
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Kenji Sahara |
Teacher Tamayose |
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Yūsuke Takita |
Teacher Nakasone |
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Yoshio Katsube |
Teacher Yonamine |
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Katsuhiko Sasaki |
Communications Officer Miyake |
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Takamaru Sasaki |
Ugaki |
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Ren Yamamoto |
Sergeant Omori |
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Kazuo Suzuki |
Nakajima |
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Yutaka Nakayama |
Private Yoshizaki |
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Chōtarō Tōgin |
Suwabe |
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Kanta Mori |
Kimura |
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Hiroshi Hasegawa |
Sakaguchi |
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Masanobu Oki |
Sergeant Nakamura |
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Kōji Iwamoto |
Sergeant Fujita |
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Isao Hashimoto |
Captain Masunaga |
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Daigo Kusano |
Captain Okuyama |
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Yasuzō Ogawa |
Corporal Komori |
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Shinsuke Achiwa |
Hokama |
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Isao Tamagawa |
Kamai |
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Ryuji Kita |
Torashirō Kawabe |
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Minori Terada |
Mitsuru Yoshida |
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Hiroaki Abe |
Takushiro Hattori |
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Ben Hiura |
Lieutenant Nishioka |
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Yukiko Komura |
Kakazu |
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Takeo Chii |
Ogura |
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Shunichi Okita |
Private Nakama |
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Ippei Kawashima |
Private Izumi |
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Yōko Minami |
Mrs Shimada |
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Seishirō Kuno |
Third Squadron Commander |
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Haruo Suzuki |
Sergeant Major |
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Jiro Daimaru |
Nagano Officer |
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Wataru Ōmae |
Coastal Sentry |
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Kiyoshi Yamamoto |
Military Police Commander |
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Eimei Esumi |
Regimental District Headquarters Officer |
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Sachio Sakai |
Water Seller |
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Kōji Mitsui |
Old Man |
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Kamatari Fujiwara |
Old Man in Tomb |
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Imari Tsuji |
Old Woman in Tomb |
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Yutaka Sada |
Father in Tomb |
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Hiroyuki Kawase |
Child in Tomb |
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Machiko Naka |
Mother |
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Shingo Hiramatsu |
Kyoto Buddhist |
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Yasuo Araki |
Officer |
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Jun Funato |
Officer |
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Toyoyuki Kimura |
Child Soldier |
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Hirohisa Sonoda |
Training Officer |
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Naoko Ohtani |
Young Woman |
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Michiyo Yamazoe |
Girl in Trench |
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Ryōsuke Kagawa |
Ill Man |
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Zan Fujita |
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Shōichi Hirose |
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Haruya Katō |
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Naoya Kusakawa |
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Michitarō Mizushima |
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Toshiko Nakano |
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Akira Nishikawa |
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Itaru Ose |
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Kotaro Tomita |
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Kiyoshi Kobayashi |
Narrator (voice) |
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Kihachi Okamoto |
Officer Spotting Enemy Ship (uncredited) |
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Kōji Uruki |
Soldier (uncredited) |
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Takuzō Kumagai |
Government Official (uncredited) |
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Keiji Sakakida |
Government Official (uncredited) |
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Akio Kusama |
Government Official (uncredited) |
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Kamayuki Tsubono |
Government Official (uncredited) |
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Ichirō Chiba |
Chiba Resident (uncredited) |
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Junpei Natsuki |
Citizen (uncredited) |
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Haruya Sakamoto |
Staff Officer (uncredited) |
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Rinsaku Ogata |
Soldier (uncredited) |
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Shizuko Higashi |
Nurse (uncredited) |
Directed By
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Kihachi Okamoto |
Director |
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Kensho Yamashita |
Assistant Director |
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Yoshihiro Kawasaki |
Assistant Director |
Writing Credits
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Kaneto Shindō |
Screenplay |
Production Crew
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Hiroshi Haryu |
Producer |
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Sanezumi Fujimoto |
Producer |
Edited By
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Yoshitami Kuroiwa |
Editor |
Costume and Makeup
Sound
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Masaru Satō |
Original Music Composer |
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Shin Watarai |
Sound Recordist |
Visual Effects
Camera
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Hiroshi Murai |
Director of Photography |
Lighting
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Kojiro Sato |
Lighting Technician |
Art Department
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Yoshirō Muraki |
Production Design |
Other Crew
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Teruyoshi Nakano |
Special Effects |
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