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Army on the Tree

"That day, we were the only two troops left on this island."

In the final days of the Pacific War, two Japanese soldiers, a senior officer and a local recruit, are cornered during the battle of Okinawa and hide in a banyan tree, only coming down for food. Unaware the war has ended, the two await reinforcements for two years. As they wait, they discover differences in rank, worldviews and motivation.

Top Cast

  • Shinichi Tsutsumi

    Shinichi Tsutsumi

    Kazuo Yamashita

  • Yuki Yamada

    Yuki Yamada

    Seijun Agena

  • Ryuto Tsuha

    Ryuto Tsuha

    Koichi Yonamine

  • Keiji Tamayose

    Keiji Tamayose

    Nagata

  • Shogen

    Shogen

    Matsuo

  • Masayoshi Kishimoto

    Masayoshi Kishimoto

    Ikeda

  • Yayoi Shiroma

    Yayoi Shiroma

    Ikuko Agena

  • Hiroki Kawata

    Hiroki Kawata

  • Atsushi Yamanishi

    Atsushi Yamanishi

    Miyagi

Overview

In the final days of the Pacific War, two Japanese soldiers, a senior officer and a local recruit, are cornered during the battle of Okinawa and hide in a banyan tree, only coming down for food. Unaware the war has ended, the two await reinforcements for two years. As they wait, they discover differences in rank, worldviews and motivation.

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