

14/08/1971
7 de agosto de 1942. O Exército dos EUA envia uma grande frota naval para atacar Guadalcanal. Isso marcou o início da contraofensiva do Exército dos EUA no Pacífico. Guadalcanal teve que ser defendida até a morte! Após seis meses de batalha mortal, as munições e os suprimentos da guarnição japonesa foram exauridos. Sofrendo de fome, feridas, malária e disenteria amebiana, eles foram finalmente derrotados e a contraofensiva dos militares dos EUA que conquista Guadalcanal espalha-se de ilha em ilha como uma avalanche. Bougainville, o arquipélago de Bismarck, Nova Guiné, Makin, Tarawa e finalmente, a 7 de julho de 1944, os defensores de Saipan escolheram o caminho dos "gyokusai". (Gyokusai = morte honrosa em vez de rendição, seja lutando contra a morte ou suicídio).

小林桂樹
as General Ushijima

加山雄三
as

丹波哲郎
as Lieutenant General Isamu Cho

Tatsuya Nakadai
as Colonel Hiromichi Yahara

大空眞弓
as

佐原健二
as

佐々木勝彦
as Communications Officer Miyake

天本英世
as Okinawa Regional Officer

池部良
as Rear Admiral Ota

中谷一郎
as Chief of Staff Ueno

睦五朗
as

藤原釜足
as

佐々木孝丸
as

山内明
as

東野英治郎
as

堺左千夫
as

山本廉
as Sergeant Omori

久野征四郎
as

当銀長太郎
as

大前亘
as

広瀬正一
as

佐田豊
as

鈴木和夫
as

中山豊
as

Zan Fujita
as

長谷川弘
as

今福将雄
as

岩本弘司
as

加藤春哉
as

Hiroyuki Kawase
as

草川直也
as

中真千子
as

Toshiko Nakano
as

Masanobu Oki
as

田中邦衛
as

酒井和歌子
as

Akira Nishikawa
as

石山健二郎
as

岸田森
as

神山繁
as

水島道太郎
as

高橋悦史
as

富田浩太郎
as

浜村純
as

三井弘次
as

Itaru Ose
as
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