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Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Okinawa
Directed by	Kihachi Okamoto
Screenplay by	Kaneto Shindo ; Ryōzō Kasahara
Produced by	Sanezumi Fujimoto; Hiroshi Haryu;
Starring	Keiju Kobayashi; Tetsurō Tamba; Tatsuya Nakadai; Wakako Sakai; Mayumi Ōzora; Yūzō Kayama; Ryō Ikebe;
Narrated by	Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Cinematography	Hiroshi Murai
Edited by	Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Music by	Masaru Sato
Production; company	Toho
Release date	17 July 1971 (Japan);
Running time	149 minutes
Country	Japan

Battle of Okinawa (激動の昭和史沖縄決戦, Gekidō no Shōwashi: Okinawa Kessen) is a 1971 Japanese war film directed by Kihachi Okamoto from a screenplay by Kaneto Shindo and Ryōzō Kasahara, with effects by Teruyoshi Nakano.^[2]^[1]^[3]

Release edit

Battle of Okinawa received a roadshow theatrical release released on 17 July 1971 in Japan.^[1] It received a general release in Japan on 14 August 1971.^[4] The film was Toho's highest-grossing film of the year, and the fourth highest grossing domestic release of the year in Japan.^[1]

The film was released theatrically in the United States by Min-On of America with a 149-minute running time on 11 September 1973.^[1]