The Battle of Okinawa

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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Kihachi Okamoto directed The Battle of Okinawa in 1971. See Kihachi Okamoto's full filmography, where to start with Kihachi Okamoto, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kihachi Okamoto.

The Battle of Okinawa was released in 1971 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 149 minutes.