Monument to the Girl's Corps

Sep 21, 1968

2h 5m

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Overview

In 1943, critical developments in the Pacific War have placed Japan at a disadvantage, although the fiery breaths of war hadn't yet reached Okinawa Normal School for women. Nothing seemed the least bit out of the ordinary, as Kazuko and her friends enjoyed a day of sports. A year later the war takes a devastating turn, as US forces plan an amphibious attack known as "Operation Iceberg" on the Ryukyu island.

Genres

Drama

War

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

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Cast

Kazuko Yonamine

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Junichiro Nishizato

Mitsuo Hamada

Tomi Higa

Masako Izumi

Hideo Akina

Hideaki Nitani

Yuji Odaka

Yoshirō Aoki

Emiko Azuma

Second Lieutenant Ohta

Kōji Wada

Nakaji, Principal

Eijirō Tōno

Hatsu Yonamine

Nobuko Otowa

Noguchi, principal

Kan'emon Nakamura

Young man

Tetsuya Watari

San and Mayu are two schoolgirls living in Okinawa during the closing months of the Pacific War. Together with their classmates, the two friends are drafted into the war effort as nurses for wounded soldiers. When ordered to die for their country, the remaining members of the group escape only to face the harsh environment of a tropical paradise that has become a hellish battlefield.

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