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
20 Filmes Similares