The Battle of Okinawa [130853] Released: 1971-08-14 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 149 mins Popularity: 0.8987 Vote Average: 7.5 Vote Count: 12 Overview: 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. Cast [46] Keiju KobayashiGeneral Ushijima Yūzō Kayama Tetsuro TambaLieutenant General I Tatsuya NakadaiColonel Hiromichi Ya Mayumi Ozora Kenji Sahara Katsuhiko SasakiCommunications Offic Hideyo AmamotoOkinawa Regional Off Ryō IkebeRear Admiral Ota Ichirō NakataniChief of Staff Ueno Gorō Mutsumi Kamatari Fujiwara Takamaru Sasaki Akira Yamanouchi Eijirō Tōno Sachio Sakai Ren YamamotoSergeant Omori Seishirō Kuno Chōtarō Tōgin Wataru Ōmae Shōichi Hirose Yutaka Sada Kazuo Suzuki Yutaka Nakayama Zan Fujita Hiroshi Hasegawa Masao Imafuku Kōji Iwamoto Haruya Katō Hiroyuki Kawase Naoya Kusakawa Machiko Naka Toshiko Nakano Masanobu Oki Kunie Tanaka Wakako Sakai Akira Nishikawa Kenjirō Ishiyama Shin Kishida Shigeru Kōyama Michitarō Mizushima Etsushi Takahashi Kotaro Tomita Jun Hamamura Kōji Mitsui Itaru Ose Trailers Battle of Okinawa (1971) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]