10 Films & TV Shows Set In Okinawa Prefecture During The 20th Century
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Hacksaw Ridge
Virginia South Carolina Okinawa Prefecture The 1940sOne of the greatest heroes in American history never fired a bullet. — WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Okinawa Prefecture Hiroshima Prefecture Pacific Ocean The 1940s1196 men aboard, 5 days in water, 317 survived — The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and relentless shark attacks.
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Letters from Iwo Jima
Okinawa Prefecture The 2000s The 1940sThe battle of Iwo Jima seen through the eyes of the Japanese soldiers. — The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
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Beat
Okinawa Prefecture The 1960sIt's all about love! It's all about us! — In the 1960s Okinawa was us under American military occupation. Young Takeshi leads a passive go-with-the-flow existence, working as a bartender at a bar called Sekai where his ex-girlfriend Michi also worked. When Takeshi launches a flare bomb during a military blackout, expressing his frustration with the American military as well as himself, he encounters a mysterious boy with no name. He undergoes various changes living with him, but then an event occurs which will destroy Takeshi's identity to the very roots.
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Tomorrow Never Dies
England 🇩🇪 Germany Okinawa Prefecture 🇷🇺 Russia 🇻🇳 Vietnam 🇨🇳 China The 1990sYesterday is a memory. Today is history. Tomorrow is in the hands of one man. — A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now James Bond must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.
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Rebirth of Mothra II
Okinawa Prefecture The 1990sA transforming miracle! — Mothra's twin nymphs and children from the city find a lost city, as well as a giant monster that is attracted to environmental calamities.
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Bodyguard Kiba
Tokyo Prefecture Okinawa Prefecture The 1980s The 1990sNaoto Kiba takes on the task of protecting thug Junpei who embezzled 500 million yen from Okinawa's largest gangster gangs, Soryu-kai.
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Untama giru
Okinawa Prefecture The 1970sA magical realist story of the legendary Okinawan hero Untamagiru participating in efforts to form an independent Okinawa before the island was returned to Japan in 1972.
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The Karate Kid Part II
Okinawa Prefecture California The 1980sThis time, the combat is real. — After discovering that his father is at death's door, Mr. Miyagi sets out to Japan, to see him with Daniel. Upon arriving, Miyagi must confront an old rival. Meanwhile, Daniel encounters a new love, and some new enemies.
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The Teahouse of the August Moon
Okinawa Prefecture The 1940sAll The Riotous Fun Of The Prize-Winning Stage Comedy! — An Okinawan translator introduces U.S. occupation forces to the joys of local life.
