Die Hölle von Okinawa

My Father, LCDR Frank Bernard Quady, USN, was killed aboard the USS Bunker Hill by a double kamikaze attack. For my Father, I say this movie was so bad I quit about half an hour into it.

The guy who played the sailor with the cap pulled down ridiculously was absolutely disgusting. No sailor would wear his cap on like that except possibly at home cleaning out the gutters.

Note: This guy was the "star" of the film – the part that I watched. I couldn't force myself to watch any more.

I grew up in the '50s in Coronado, CA and this movie never played there, as far as I know. I never heard of this flick.

I'll have to rent it sometime and watch only the official U.S. Navy footage, fast forwarding past the stupid sailor, whoever he is or was.

I didn't see any U.S. Naval personnel listed as advisers. They surely would have nixed it.

One more thing about the stupid sailor. He was a disgrace to all sailors. Sailors are the heart of the Navy.

This film doesn't do justice to the Battle for Okinawa. I highly recommend "Battle of Okinawa in Color".

World war two flick... made seven years later. Pat obrien is commander hale, preparing his crew and his ship to take okinawa. A sub-plot where the cook wants to shoot the guns at the japanese who moved into his family's house. Co-stars rick denning, cameron mitchell. Not a cast of youngster soldiers in this one. Keep an eye out for alvy moore! He was also the useless county agent in green acres! It's all pretty low budget. And much older guys than in most war time films. Exclusively set "on a destroyer", although even much of the action is narrated by the actors, not actually shown. Some actual wartime footage worked in. Not very suspenseful, and no action on land. And suddenly, it's over. A big mehhh..directed by leigh jason.

The two stars are for the men who fought in Okinawa; i served there in the 412th Transportation Co in 1968. I have seen every film ever made about WW 2, which is in the hundreds, and this one, by far, is the worst of all of them.

The film is merely a collection of stock footage, and not one scene is filmed on the island itself. The "action" in the film comes in the last five minutes of an hour quickie made by some sleazy Hollywood exec who figured he could squeeze out a few bucks from the name of the battle. Hopefully, he is roasting somewhere right now.

There is no acting or directing in this "film"; it is mostly stock footage. The poor guy who did most of the work in this movie was the editor. Pathetic.

Wow- This is the first time I have ever seen this movie and I've seen nearly every war movie made.

Why did they even bother - this whole movie totally sucks - the acting is wooden and 3rd rate - the action totally blows - with the exception of actual war scenes and this was a total waste of film.

Please find the film and burn it - it is the biggest waste of time and money ever. And here I thought that Ed Wood created stupid movies - this one is the worst. What was anyone thinking when they wrote this much less filmed it.

I consider it one of the worst war movies ever - and that is saying something.