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.
Genres:
Keiju Kobayashi as General Ushijima
Yūzō Kayama as
Tetsuro Tamba as Lieutenant General Isamu Cho
Tatsuya Nakadai as Colonel Hiromichi Yahara
Mayumi Ozora as
Kenji Sahara as
Katsuhiko Sasaki as Communications Officer Miyake
Hideyo Amamoto as Okinawa Regional Officer
Ryō Ikebe as Rear Admiral Ota
Ichirō Nakatani as Chief of Staff Ueno
Gorō Mutsumi as
Kamatari Fujiwara as
Takamaru Sasaki as
Akira Yamanouchi as
Eijirō Tōno as
Sachio Sakai as
Ren Yamamoto as Sergeant Omori
Seishirō Kuno as
Chōtarō Tōgin as
Wataru Ōmae as
Shōichi Hirose as
Yutaka Sada as
Kazuo Suzuki as
Yutaka Nakayama as
Zan Fujita as
Hiroshi Hasegawa as
Masao Imafuku as
Kōji Iwamoto as
Haruya Katō as
Hiroyuki Kawase as
Naoya Kusakawa as
Machiko Naka as
Toshiko Nakano as
Masanobu Oki as
Kunie Tanaka as
Wakako Sakai as
Akira Nishikawa as
Kenjirō Ishiyama as
Shin Kishida as
Shigeru Kōyama as
Michitarō Mizushima as
Etsushi Takahashi as
Kotaro Tomita as
Jun Hamamura as
Kōji Mitsui as
Itaru Ose as
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