If you loved Japan's Longest Day, try The Battle of Okinawa
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Kihachi Okamoto, and they both carry the dread, foreign gem mood tags, and they sit in History / War territory. If that's the register that drew you to Japan's Longest Day, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What The Battle of Okinawa is
You command a defense line in Okinawa as US forces approach. But Tokyo sends bizarre directives and withholds key support. The island becomes a cage. Okamoto's widescreen compositions reveal the awful distances between strategy and consequence. A brutal accounting.
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