비폭력주의자인 도스는 전쟁으로부터 조국과 소중한 사람들을 지키기 위해 총을 들지 않아도 되는 의무병으로 육군에 자진 입대한다. 총을 들 수 없다는 이유로 필수 훈련 중 하나인 총기 훈련 마저 거부한 도스는 동료 병사들과 군 전체의 비난과 조롱을 받게 된다. 결국 군사재판까지 받게 되지만 끝까지 자신의 신념을 굽히지 않은 도스에게 군 상부는 오키나와 전투에 총기 없이 의무병으로 참전할 것을 허락하는데…
태평양전쟁 말기 오키나와. 병력 증강은 꿈도 꿀 수 없는 상황에서 강력한 미군상륙부대와 맞서 싸우는 병사들. 군병원에 들어온 '히메유리'의 아가씨들, 철혈근황대(鉄血勤皇隊)가 된 학생들. 무고하게 희생된 수많은 사람들이 흘린 피가 흐르는 태평양전쟁 참극의 극전지 '오키나와'. 오키나와전의 전모를 오카모토 기하치 감독이 고발한다!
(2011년 한국영상자료원 - 오카모토 기하치 감독전)
The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight schools. However, the flight schools have extremely demanding, harsh training, and once they finally become pilots, they must become suicide bombers and give their lives for their homeland.
The greatest taboo of the Battle of Okinawa were Guerrilla units composed of boy soldiers. Until now, not even the Japanese people knew the full scope of these secret troops, and survivors have been afraid to share their tragic details. Okinawa became the bulwark to protect the Japanese mainland toward the end of World War II. After the Americans landed, a violent battle ensued resulting in the loss of over 200,000 lives – many of them civilian. This documentary uncovers Japan’s deepest secrets concerning the Battle of Okinawa, and also sounds alarms about modern Japan’s recent steps toward remilitarization.
A propaganda short film produced by the US Navy in 1945 about the naval engagements of the invasion of Okinawa.
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.