Shimamori no Tou
Movie
島守の塔
2022/07/22
Speech duration
1h 5min
Word count5,619
Unique words1,785
Words (1-occurrence)1,133
Unique kanji831
Kanji (1-occurrence)291
Speech speed
236
Difficulty Hard
External Rating
76 %

Together with Shimada Akira (Hagiwara Masato), the last appointed governor of Okinawa during the war, Arai Taizo (Murakami Jun), the chief of police of Okinawa Prefecture, goes beyond his duties and strives to protect the lives of the citizens of the prefecture. As the ravages of war intensify, the two, who each carried a heavy cross during the Battle of Okinawa, desperately devote themselves to saving the lives of the Okinawan people, with the belief that "life is precious." A human drama, set in Okinawa at the end of World War II, depicting the preciousness of human life. Directed by Igarashi Sho of One Step on a Mine, It's All Over.

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Genres
Drama