Monument to the Girl's Corps

  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Run time: 125 min
  • Premiere: 1968. September 21.

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.

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Sayuri Yoshinaga

Kazuko Yonamine

Mitsuo Hamada

Junichiro Nishizato

Masako Izumi

Tomi Higa

Hideaki Nitani

Hideo Akina

Kōji Wada

Second Lieutenant Ohta

Eijirō Tōno

Nakaji, Principal

Nobuko Otowa

Hatsu Yonamine

Kan'emon Nakamura

Noguchi, principal

Tetsuya Watari

Young man

Art

Takeo Kimura

Art Direction

Directing

Toshio Masuda

Director

Saburo Endo

Assistant Director

Tōru Murakawa

Assistant Director

Sound

Riichirō Manabe

Original Music Composer

Writing

Fumio Ishimori

Screenplay

Yasutaro Yagi

Screenplay

Art

Takeo Kimura

Art Direction

Directing

Toshio Masuda

Director

Saburo Endo

Assistant Director

Tōru Murakawa

Assistant Director

Sound

Riichirō Manabe

Original Music Composer

Writing

Fumio Ishimori

Screenplay

Yasutaro Yagi

Screenplay