"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."
Akitake Kōno
as Makimura
Harue Tone
as Atsuko
Yoshiko Machida
as Kumiko
Akira Yamanouchi
as sergeant Harashima
Yûko Tsumura
as Shinaeda
Goro Fukuchi
as Murakami
Sumie Nakazawa
as Eiko
Kinzō Shin
as Yoshida
Setsuko Shinobu
as Tsuneko
Izumi Hara
as Okami
Chizuko Okamura
as comfort woman
Shinsuke Ashida
as lieutenant Inokuma
Kunio Mita
as Supreme commander
Heiguro Matsumoto
as Guard
Tamuro Shimada
as young soldier
Yuzuko Kinoshita
as
Chiyoko Komine
as old woman
Yasutaro Yagi
Screenplay
Kichitarō Shinodzuka
Original Story
Tsutomu Kitamura
Writer
Yasushi Akutagawa
Music
Hanjirō Nakazawa
Director of Photography
Kazuo Wakayama
Producer
Junji Eguchi
Production Design
Kiyoshi Kusuda
Director
Kanjiro Sato