Battle of Okinawa | |
Director: | Kihachi Okamoto |
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Screenplay: | Kaneto Shindo Ryōzō Kasahara |
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Narrator: | Kiyoshi Kobayashi |
Music: | Masaru Sato |
Cinematography: | Hiroshi Murai |
Editing: | Yoshitami Kuroiwa |
Studio: | Toho |
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Runtime: | 149 minutes |
Country: | Japan |
is a 1971 Japanese war film directed by Kihachi Okamoto from a screenplay by Kaneto Shindo and Ryōzō Kasahara, with effects by Teruyoshi Nakano.[1] [2]
Battle of Okinawa received a roadshow theatrical release released on 17 July 1971 in Japan. It received a general release in Japan on 14 August 1971. The film was Toho's highest-grossing film of the year, and the fourth highest grossing domestic release of the year in Japan.
The film was released theatrically in the United States by Min-On of America with a 149-minute running time on 11 September 1973.