The events of the film are based on the real facts of the Pacific War, when in June 1944 the American troops began landing on the Saipan island. On July 7, an order comes that everyone must die in order not to be captured by the enemy.
Cast
Akitake Kōno
Makimura
Harue Tone
Atsuko
Yoshiko Machida
Kumiko
Akira Yamanouchi
sergeant Harashima
Yūko Tsumura
Shinaeda
Goro Fukuchi
Murakami
Sumie Nakazawa
Eiko
Kinzō Shin
Yoshida
Setsuko Shinobu
Tsuneko
Izumi Hara
Okami
Chizuko Okamura
comfort woman
Shinsuke Ashida
lieutenant Inokuma
Kunio Mita
Supreme commander
Heiguro Matsumoto
Guard
Tamuro Shimada
young soldier
Yuzuko Kinoshita
Unknown
Chiyoko Komine
old woman
