“I hope viewers will face up to the Battle of Okinawa through the prism of our movie and think about the realities of war,” said Takafumi Ota, 60, who directed the approximately 90-minute ...

The Thirty-Second Army was stationed in Okinawa and charged with fighting a war of attrition to delay the expected invasion of Japan as long as possible. Under the cover of a naval bombardment of ...

Aragaki was 2 at the time of the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. His father was killed in the war, and his mother died from undernourishment soon after the war ended. “The names of my parents being ...

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Hacksaw Ridge was praised for its intense, realistic portrayal of the violence and chaos of war, particularly the Battle of Okinawa. The film was directed by Mel Gibson, who had previously ...

“The best way to honour the war dead is never to allow another war,” Gushiken says. “I’m worried about Okinawa’s situation now ... I’m afraid there is a growing risk that Okinawa may ...

“The best way to honor the war dead is never to allow another war,” Gushiken says. “I'm worried about Okinawa's situation now. ... I'm afraid there is a growing risk that Okinawa may become ...

Journey through the blood-soaked shores of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in The Pacific, a war drama that intertwines personal struggles with intense combat sequences.

"The best way to honor the war dead is never to allow another war," Gushiken says. "I'm worried about Okinawa's situation now. ... I'm afraid there is a growing risk that Okinawa may become a ...