- Country: Japan
- Genres: Drama, History, War
- Release: 1973-09-11
- Director: Kihachi Okamoto
- Writers: Ryôzô Kasahara , Kaneto Shindō
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Keiju Kobayashi , Yûzô Kayama , Tetsurō Tamba , Tatsuya Nakadai , Mayumi Ôzora , Katsuhiko Sasaki , Kenji Sahara , Hideyo Amamoto , Ryō Ikebe , Ichirô Nakatani
- Runtime: 149 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Okinawa - Stillehavskrigens helvede (Denmark) , I titanomahia tis Okinawa (Greece) , Slaget ved Okinawa (Norway) , Okinava Kanlı Cehennem (Turkey) , I mahi tis Okinawa (Greece) , Kamikaze Okinawa Zero , Bitwa o Okinawę (Poland) , Stahlgewitter im Pazifik , La batalla de Okinawa (Spain) , A Batalha de Okinawa (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Gekidô no Shôwa-shi: Okinawa kessen , Okinawa kessen , A Queda de Okinawa (Brazil) , Les marines attaquent Okinawa (France, French Republic) , Bitka za Okinavu , Den blodiga ön (Sweden) , Battle of Okinawa (United States of America) , Kamikaze (Okinawa Zero) (Italy) , Okinawan veriset päivät (Finland) , 激動の昭和史 沖縄決戦 (Japan) , The Battle of Okinawa
- Plot:
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.
- IMDB:tt0067523
Kihachi Okamoto
Director
Keiju Kobayashi
General Ushijima
Yûzô Kayama
Tetsurō Tamba
Lieutenant General Isamu Cho
Tatsuya Nakadai
Colonel Hiromichi Yahara
Mayumi Ôzora
Kenji Sahara
Katsuhiko Sasaki
Communications Officer Miyake
Hideyo Amamoto
Okinawa Regional Officer
Ryō Ikebe
Rear Admiral Ota
Ichirô Nakatani
Chief of Staff Ueno
Goro Mutsumi
Kamatari Fujiwara
Takamaru Sasaki
Akira Yamanouchi
Eijirō Tōno
Sachio Sakai
Ren Yamamoto
Sergeant Omori
Seishirô Kuno
Chôtarô Tôgin
Wataru Ômae
Shôichi Hirose
Yutaka Sada
Kazuo Suzuki
Yutaka Nakayama
Zan Fujita