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Ryozo Kasahara (writer)
Kaneto Shindô (writer)
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Release Date:
11 September 1973 (USA) more
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Cast

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Keiju Kobayashi ... Gen. Ushijima
Yûzô Kayama
Tetsurô Tanba ... Lieutenant General Isamu Cho
Tatsuya Nakadai ... Colonel Hiromichi Yahara
Mayumi Ozora
Katsuhiko Sasaki ... Communications Officer
Kenji Sahara
Eisei Amamoto ... Okinawa Regional Officer
Ryo Ikebe
Ichirô Nakatani
Goro Mutsumi
Kamatari Fujiwara
Takamaru Sasaki
Akira Yamauchi
Eijirô Tôno
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Okinawa kessen
The Battle of Okinawa
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Runtime:
149 min | France:90 min (edited version)
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Great Film On A Horrible Battle, 25 October 2007
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Author: arbino-man from Hayward, CA

Battle of Okinawa is a film directed by the now legendary Kihachi Okamoto. It stars Tatsuya Nakadai and Tetsuro "I'm in every Japanese film" Tamba. Both show off their acting chops in this film and deliver outstanding performances. Don't get me wrong though, there are dozens of actors in this film with almost equal scream time as these two men. This is definitely an ensemble piece on one of the most gruesome slaughters on the Japanese armies front. This film is not easy to watch. It is much more violent than "Letters From Iwo Jima" and as in "Iwo" we see how fanatical the Japanese army was at this point in history. Being taken prisoner was not an option and losing meant death or forever living in dishonor. This notion is even implemented to civilians who in this move kill themselves in droves. Tatsuya Nakadai's character is one of the few characters who believes that suicide in not the only option in defeat. He is the western voice in the film for his character even studied in America. This is a hard core war film that takes no prisoners. I recommend you go out and buy this film for it is now available in R1 DVD thanks to the fine folks at AnimEigo.

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