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2025

Kino ue no guntiai

Kino ue no guntiai

木の上の軍隊

(c)2025「木の上の軍隊」製作委員会

(c)2025「木の上の軍隊」製作委員会

Release Date
July, 25th, 2025
Running Time
TBD
Genre
Drama , Feature
Color
Color
Screening Format
-

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[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Story ]

1945, the end of the Pacific War. On Ie Island, Okinawa, the Japanese army had taken
devastating damage after a fierce battle with the US forces. Kazuo Yamashita (Shinichi Tsutsumi), a seniorofficer sent from Miyazaki prefecture, and a local Okinawan recruit, Seijun Agena (Yuki Yamada), are cornered under heavy enemy fire and flee into the forest, where they climb to the top of a large banyan tree for shelter. The banyan tree, with its thick branches and lush foliage, provides the perfect hiding place, but the bodies of his comrades continue to pile up under the tree, and the enemy's position grows larger and closer by the day. With no means of communication, the two men endure a 'lonely war' in the tree for
two years, waiting for reinforcements to arrive. However, what they did not know was that the war had already ended. And they find themselves in an extreme situation...

[ Official Site ]

https://happinet-phantom.com/kinouenoguntai/

[ Contact (International) ]

Happinet Phantom Studios Corp (formerly Phantom Film Co., Ltd.)
International Acquisitions and Sales

9F, A-PLACE Yoyogi Bldg., 5-23-15 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0051
Rep: KONISHI Keisuke
Attn: HATANO Rie
tel: +81-3-6862-0361
fax: +81-3-6862-0363
E-mail: rie.hatano@hsn.happinet.co.jp
https://happinet-phantom.com

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