History Film / BattleOfOkinawa

Reportedly Creator/HideakiAnno's favorite film ever. A photo of its director, Kihachi Okamoto, is used to depict the character Goro Maki in ''Film/ShinGodzilla''.

''Battle of Okinawa'' (激動の昭和史 沖縄決戦 Gekidō no Shōwashi: Okinawa Kessen) is a 1971 film directed by Kihachi Okamoto with effects by Teruyoshi Nakano, based on the titular battle in WWII from the Japanese perspective. With the country on the brink of disaster and defeat imminent, Japan fortifies its last defensive stronghold, the island of Okinawa.

This [[LastStand final stand]] against the Allied attack soon becomes the bloodiest battle of the Pacific Theater and takes the horrors of war to a level never before seen, as the desperate Japanese forces try to demonstrate to the Americans what they should expect when they assault the Japanese mainland.

It should be noted that this is one of the few Creator/{{Toho}} war films released in America, which is strange considering the film's very unsympathetic portrayal of America.

* SoundtrackDissonance: Somewhat overly serene music plays when [[spoiler: civilians blow themselves up with grenades and the survivors slit their throats, bash each others heads open with spades and swords, and blood flows down the river. To quote the narrator, "It was a most unpleasant scene."]]

Reportedly Creator/HideakiAnno's favorite film ever.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To Japan's Longest Day.

* WouldNotShootACivilian: Subverted, as most of the civilians on Okinawa are armed in some shape or form.

''Battle Of Okinawa'' is a 1971 film directed by Kihachi Okamoto with effects by Teruyoshi Nakano, based on the titular battle in WWII from the Japanese perspective. With the country on the brink of disaster and defeat imminent, Japan fortifies its last defensive stronghold, the island of Okinawa.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: America did not use tear gas in any battle during World War II.

* RuleOfSymbolism: The film ends with [[spoiler: a little girl picking up a dead soldier's water canteen and drinking from it, implying there is hope for the future.]]

'''Battle Of Okinawa''', is a 1971 film directed by Kihachi Okamoto with effects by Teruyoshi Nakano, based on the titular battle in WWII from the Japanese perspective. With the country on the brink of disaster and defeat imminent, Japan fortifies its last defensive stronghold, the island of Okinawa.

This {{final stand}} against the Allied attack soon becomes the bloodiest battle of the Pacific Theater and takes the horrors of war to a level never before seen, as the desperate Japanese forces try to demonstrate to the Americans what they should expect when they assault the Japanese mainland.

This final stand against the Allied attack soon becomes the bloodiest battle of the Pacific Theater and takes the horrors of war to a level never before seen, as the desperate Japanese forces try to demonstrate to the Americans what they should expect when they assault the Japanese mainland.

'''Battle Of Okinawa''', is a 1971 film directed by Kihachi Okamoto with effects by Teruyoshi Nakano, based on the titular battle in WWII from the Japanese perspective. Reportedly Creator/HideakiAnno's favorite film ever.

* HopeSpot: The film ends with [[spoiler: a little girl picking up a dead soldier's water canteen and drinking from it, implying there is hope for the future.]]

It should be noted that this is one of the few Toho war films released in America, which is strange considering the film's very unsympathetic portrayal of America.

'''Battle Of Okinawa''', is a 1971 film directed by Kihachi Okamoto with effects by Teruyoshi Nakano, based on the titular battle in WWII from the Japanese perspective. Reportedly HideakiAnno's favorite film ever.

* {{Docudrama}}: Footage of the actual battle and events relating to it are juxtaposed with narration from KiyoshiKobayashi telling almost everything that happens, giving it a very documentary-like feel.

* ArtisticLicenceHistory: America did not use tear gas in any battle during World War II.

* CombatPragmatist: General Ushijima.

* EvilIsHammy: Tetsuro Tamba as Isamu Cho, who shows sadistic pleasure in reports of America wounded being brain damaged.

* ItGotWorse: As the film goes on and on, it gets worse and worse in how graphic things get.