Battle of Okinawa (film)
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| Directed by | Kihachi Okamoto |
| Screenplay by | Kaneto Shindo[1] Ryōzō Kasahara |
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| Narrated by | Kiyoshi Kobayashi |
| Cinematography | Hiroshi Murai[1] |
| Edited by | Yoshitami Kuroiwa |
| Music by | Masaru Sato[1] |
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Running time | 149 minutes[1] |
| Country | Japan |
Battle of Okinawa (激動の昭和史 沖縄決戦, Gekidō no Shōwashi: Okinawa Kessen) is a 1971 Japanese war film directed by Kihachi Okamoto from a screenplay by Kaneto Shindo and Ryōzō Kasahara, with effects by Teruyoshi Nakano.[2][1][3]
Release
[edit]Battle of Okinawa received a roadshow theatrical release released on 17 July 1971 in Japan.[1] It received a general release in Japan on 14 August 1971.[4] The film was Toho's highest-grossing film of the year, and the fourth highest grossing domestic release of the year in Japan.[1]
The film was released theatrically in the United States by Min-On of America with a 149-minute running time on 11 September 1973.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Keijyu Kobayashi as Mitsuru Ushijima
- Tetsuro Tamba as Isamu Chō
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Hiromichi Yahara
- Yūsuke Kawazu as Jin
- Jūkei Fujioka as Sanada
- Ichirō Nakatani as Ueno
- Akira Yamanouchi as Shūichi Miyazaki
- Wakako Sakai as Tokashiki
- Jun Hamamura as Shuki Izumi
- Shigeru Kōyama as Akira Shimada
- Sachio Sakai
- Ryosuke Kagawa
- Kamatari Fujiwara
- Yūsuke Takita as Seizen Nakasone
- Minori Terada as Mitsuru Yoshida
- Hisashi Igawa as Itō
- Kunie Tanaka as Higa
- Gorō Mutsumi as Yakumaru
- Katsuhiko Sasaki as Miyake
- Mizuho Suzuki as Nakajima
- Shin Kishida as Meguro
- Etsushi Takahashi as Yokichi Kaya
- Takeo Chii as Ogura
- Eijirō Tōno as Yoshijirō Umezu
- Yūzō Kayama as Dr. Higa
- Kōji Mitsui as Old Man
- Ryō Ikebe as Minoru Ōta
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Galbraith IV 2008, p. 276.
- ^ "日激動の昭和史 沖縄決戦". kotobank. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "激動の昭和史 沖縄決戦". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 277.
Sources
[edit]- Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743.
External links
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