Battle of Okinawa in Color
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Battle of Okinawa in Color

9.0 / 10 2017 51mNR English
DocumentaryWarHistory

Storyline

By mid-1945, Hitler is dead and the war has ended in Europe. Halfway around the world, however, the fighting is still going strong on a small island in the Pacific. Okinawa was the site of the last battle of the last great war of the 20th century, with a casualty rate in the tens of thousands. Through it all, military cameramen risked their lives to film the conflict, from brutal land combat to fierce kamikaze attacks at sea. See the footage they captured and experience this intense battle the way the soldiers saw it -- in color.

Cast & Crew

Jeff Wilburn

Jeff Wilburn

Self - Narrator (voice)

Lead
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Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.

Self - Commander of the U.S. 10th Army (archive footage)

Chester W. Nimitz

Chester W. Nimitz

Self - Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet (archive footage)

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Mitsuru Ushijima

Self - Commander of the Japanese 32nd Army (archive footage)

What People Are Saying

5.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. the director's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
5.0
Every frame feels alive. Battle of Okinawa in Color is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker