“Army on the Trees”
Japan/2025
- Movies
- Real-life event
Venue
Okinawa Prefecture 〒900-0000 Okinawa Prefecture
Pre-screening at the following movie theaters in Okinawa Prefecture
Sub-venue
CINEMA Q (Movie Theater) 〒900-0006 4-4-9 Omoromachi, Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture
Mihama 7Plex (Movie theater) 〒904-0115 In American Village Chatan Town 8-7 Mihama, Chatan Town, Nakagami-gun, Okinawa Prefecture
Southern Plex Movie Theater 〒901-1102 371-1 Miyagi, Haebaru Town, Shimajiri-gun, Okinawa Prefecture (Aeon SC Haebaru)
CINEMA RYCOM 〒901-2300 Aeon Mall Okinawa Prefecture Rycom 4F Aeon Mall Okinawa Rycom, Kitanakagusuku-son, Okinawa
United Cinema PARCO CITY Urasoe 〒901-2133 3-1-1 Nishisu Urasoe City Okinawa Prefecture
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On Ie Island, Okinawa in 1945, there were two Japanese soldiers who survived on a banyan tree for 2 years without knowing the end of the war... Based on that true story, Taira Kazuhiro from Okinawa wrote and directed the film “Army on the Tree,” which is a stage adaptation of the original plan left by playwright Hisashi Inoue, into a film. Tsutsumi Shinichi played the superior officer from the mainland, and Yamada Yuki played the recruit from Okinawa, and the full film was filmed on location in Okinawa.
It will be shown in advance in Okinawa from 6/13 (Friday), and a nationwide road show will begin on 7/25 (Friday).
(Synopsis) At the end of the Pacific War, the war situation worsened steadily in 1945. The US military invaded Ie Island in Okinawa Prefecture with the aim of seizing the airfield. After a fierce battle, the island was in a catastrophic situation. Second Lieutenant Yamashita (Tsutsumi Shinichi), who was dispatched from Miyazaki, and Okinawan recruit Akena Seijun (Yamada Yuki) are cornered by enemy gunfire and hide themselves on a large banyan tree. The number of corpses of his comrades continues to increase, and Yamashita, having witnessed an overwhelming difference in strength, decides to wait on the spot until reinforcements arrive. Yamashita, a strict superior officer who has a lot of combat experience and carries the nation on his back, and the new recruit, Ankeimei, who has never left the island, were both still enduring fear and hunger, even though they couldn't get along. Eventually, the war came to an end with Japan's defeat, but the “lonely war” between two people with no way of knowing it continues. What was it that they kept fighting desperately in their extreme tree life...
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