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77% Critic Match
Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise
7.7 / 10• 2025• 1h 46m•NR• Japanese
AnimationDramaWar
Storyline
In 1944 on Peleliu, Tamaru writes fake heroic tales of Japanese soldiers' deaths to families. In the hell of bombs, hunger, thirst and disease, he bonds with Yoshiki. Together they cling to life in this atrocious war of attrition. Only 34 survive. What do these two young men witness in the madness?
Cast & Crew
Rihito Itagaki
Hiroshi Tamaru (voice)
Lead
Tomoya Nakamura
Keisuke Yoshiki (voice)
Hirosato Amano
(voice)
YF
Yuta Fujii
(voice)
Eiji Mikami
(voice)
Takamasa Mogi
(voice)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Goro Kuji's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
