How Many The Battle of Okinawa (1971) Cast Members Are Still Alive?

Name: The Battle of Okinawa
Released: 1971
Cast: Keiju Kobayashi, Tetsuro Tamba, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yūsuke Kawazu, Ichirō Nakatani

The Battle of Okinawa (1971) featured a cast of 92 tracked actors. Of these, 22 (31%) are still alive today and 49 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Hiroshi Hasegawa, age 98. This film starred Keiju Kobayashi and Tetsuro Tamba.

31% still with us· verified cast26% of full cast · incl. 15 unverified

Survivorship

Cast Reunion Index: 31% still living

Avg. Age at Death: 78.4 yrs

Deaths by Year

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Cast92 members

Person	Character	Status	DOB ▲▼	Age	DOD ▲▼	Age in 1971 ▲▼
Keiju Kobayashi General Ushijima	General Ushijima	Deceased	23/11/1923	86	16/09/2010	48
Tetsuro Tamba Lieutenant General Isamu Cho	Lieutenant General Isamu Cho	Deceased	17/07/1922	84	24/09/2006	49
Tatsuya Nakadai Colonel Hiromichi Yahara	Colonel Hiromichi Yahara	Deceased	13/12/1932	92	08/11/2025	39
Yūsuke Kawazu Naomichi Jin	Naomichi Jin	Deceased	12/05/1935	86	26/02/2022	36
Ichirō Nakatani Chief of Staff Ueno	Chief of Staff Ueno	Deceased	15/10/1930	73	01/04/2004	41
Ryō Ikebe Rear Admiral Ota	Rear Admiral Ota	Deceased	11/02/1918	92	08/10/2010	53
Shigeru Kōyama Akira Shimada	Akira Shimada	Deceased	16/01/1929	87	03/01/2017	42
Kunie Tanaka Barber Higa	Barber Higa	Deceased	23/11/1932	88	24/03/2021	39
Eijirō Tōno Yoshijirō Umezu	Yoshijirō Umezu	Deceased	17/09/1907	86	08/09/1994	64
Jun Hamamura Shuki Izumi	Shuki Izumi	Deceased	07/02/1906	89	21/06/1995	65
Akira Yamanouchi Shūichi Miyazaki	Shūichi Miyazaki	Deceased	11/07/1921	72	29/10/1993	50
Jūkei Fujioka Sanada	Sanada	Deceased	19/11/1933	57	23/07/1991	38
Shin Kishida Meguro	Meguro	Deceased	17/10/1939	43	28/12/1982	32
Yūzō Kayama Dr. Higa	Dr. Higa	Living	11/04/1937	89	—	34
Mayumi Ozora Nurse Uehara	Nurse Uehara	Living	10/03/1940	86	—	31
Wakako Sakai Tokashiki	Tokashiki	Living	15/04/1949	77	—	22
Kenjirō Ishiyama Rikichi Andō	Rikichi Andō	Deceased	09/10/1903	72	10/05/1976	68
Hisashi Igawa Koichi Ito	Koichi Ito	Living	17/11/1936	89	—	35
Hirayoshi Aono Masao Watanabe	Masao Watanabe	Deceased	02/08/1912	62	08/12/1974	59
Gorō Mutsumi Yakamaru	Yakamaru	Deceased	11/09/1934	86	05/06/2021	37
Etsushi Takahashi Yokichi Kaga	Yokichi Kaga	Deceased	02/08/1935	60	19/05/1996	36
Hideyo Amamoto Principal Noda	Principal Noda	Deceased	02/01/1926	77	23/03/2003	45
Masao Imafuku Principal Teruya	Principal Teruya	Deceased	08/04/1921	94	27/05/2015	50
Kenji Sahara Teacher Tamayose	Teacher Tamayose	Living	14/05/1932	94	—	39
Yūsuke Takita Teacher Nakasone	Teacher Nakasone	Deceased	29/11/1930	84	03/05/2015	41
Yoshio Katsube Teacher Yonamine	Teacher Yonamine	Deceased	19/03/1934	89	01/05/2023	37
Katsuhiko Sasaki Communications Officer Miyake	Communications Officer Miyake	Living	24/12/1944	81	—	27
Takamaru Sasaki Ugaki	Ugaki	Deceased	30/01/1898	88	28/12/1986	73
Ren Yamamoto Sergeant Omori	Sergeant Omori	Deceased	12/05/1930	75	17/06/2005	41
Kazuo Suzuki Nakajima	Nakajima	Living	18/01/1937	89	—	34
Yutaka Nakayama Private Yoshizaki	Private Yoshizaki	Living	23/09/1931	95	—	40
Chōtarō Tōgin Suwabe	Suwabe	Living	28/11/1941	84	—	30
Kanta Mori Kimura	Kimura	Deceased	19/01/1924	76	15/11/2000	47
Hiroshi Hasegawa Sakaguchi	Sakaguchi	Living	03/01/1928	98	—	43
Masanobu Oki Sergeant Nakamura	Sergeant Nakamura	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Kōji Iwamoto Sergeant Fujita	Sergeant Fujita	Living	09/02/1932	94	—	39
Isao Hashimoto Captain Masunaga	Captain Masunaga	Deceased	26/12/1941	58	12/02/2000	30
Daigo Kusano Captain Okuyama	Captain Okuyama	Deceased	07/09/1939	51	27/02/1991	32
Yasuzō Ogawa Corporal Komori	Corporal Komori	Living	06/09/1932	94	—	39
Shinsuke Achiwa Hokama	Hokama	Deceased	21/03/1940	67	04/05/2007	31
Isao Tamagawa Kamai	Kamai	Deceased	11/01/1922	81	01/01/2004	49
Ryuji Kita Torashirō Kawabe	Torashirō Kawabe	Deceased	01/01/1905	67	16/04/1972	66
Minori Terada Mitsuru Yoshida	Mitsuru Yoshida	Deceased	07/11/1942	81	14/03/2024	29
Hiroaki Abe Takushiro Hattori	Takushiro Hattori	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Ben Hiura Lieutenant Nishioka	Lieutenant Nishioka	Living	25/01/1943	83	—	28
Yukiko Komura Kakazu	Kakazu	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Takeo Chii Ogura	Ogura	Deceased	05/05/1942	70	29/06/2012	29
Shunichi Okita Private Nakama	Private Nakama	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Ippei Kawashima Private Izumi	Private Izumi	Living	25/09/1945	80	—	26
Yōko Minami Mrs Shimada	Mrs Shimada	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Seishirō Kuno Third Squadron Commander	Third Squadron Commander	Living	18/04/1940	86	—	31
Haruo Suzuki Sergeant Major	Sergeant Major	Presumed Deceased	04/10/1926	99	—	45
Jiro Daimaru Nagano Officer	Nagano Officer	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Wataru Ōmae Coastal Sentry	Coastal Sentry	Deceased	14/02/1934	83	24/12/2017	37
Kiyoshi Yamamoto Military Police Commander	Military Police Commander	Living	08/10/1933	92	—	38
Eimei Esumi Regimental District Headquarters Officer	Regimental District Headquarters Officer	Deceased	05/10/1935	68	22/08/2004	36
Sachio Sakai Water Seller	Water Seller	Deceased	08/09/1925	72	11/03/1998	46
Kōji Mitsui Old Man	Old Man	Deceased	06/03/1910	69	20/07/1979	61
Kamatari Fujiwara Old Man in Tomb	Old Man in Tomb	Deceased	15/01/1905	80	21/12/1985	66
Imari Tsuji Old Woman in Tomb	Old Woman in Tomb	Presumed Deceased	20/03/1921	105	—	50
Yutaka Sada Father in Tomb	Father in Tomb	Deceased	30/03/1911	106	01/07/2017	60
Hiroyuki Kawase Child in Tomb	Child in Tomb	Living	20/07/1964	62	—	7
Machiko Naka Mother	Mother	Living	12/10/1936	89	—	35
Shingo Hiramatsu Kyoto Buddhist	Kyoto Buddhist	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Yasuo Araki Officer	Officer	Living	17/06/1938	88	—	33
Jun Funato Officer	Officer	Deceased	26/11/1938	82	26/05/2021	33
Toyoyuki Kimura Child Soldier	Child Soldier	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Hirohisa Sonoda Training Officer	Training Officer	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Naoko Ohtani Young Woman	Young Woman	Living	03/04/1950	76	—	21
Michiyo Yamazoe Girl in Trench	Girl in Trench	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Ryōsuke Kagawa Ill Man	Ill Man	Deceased	10/10/1896	90	17/04/1987	75
Zan Fujita		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Shōichi Hirose		Deceased	23/06/1918	79	20/06/1998	53
Haruya Katō		Deceased	22/06/1928	98	—	43
Naoya Kusakawa		Living	11/06/1929	97	—	42
Michitarō Mizushima		Deceased	20/01/1912	87	23/03/1999	59
Toshiko Nakano		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Akira Nishikawa		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Itaru Ose		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Kotaro Tomita		Deceased	20/01/1925	79	10/06/2004	46
Kiyoshi Kobayashi Narrator (voice)	Narrator (voice)	Deceased	11/01/1933	89	30/07/2022	38
Kihachi Okamoto Officer Spotting Enemy Ship (uncredited)	Officer Spotting Enemy Ship (uncredited)	Deceased	17/02/1924	81	19/02/2005	47
Kōji Uruki Soldier (uncredited)	Soldier (uncredited)	Presumed Deceased	01/03/1917	109	—	54
Takuzō Kumagai Government Official (uncredited)	Government Official (uncredited)	Deceased	03/11/1906	119	—	65
Keiji Sakakida Government Official (uncredited)	Government Official (uncredited)	Deceased	15/01/1900	126	—	71
Akio Kusama Government Official (uncredited)	Government Official (uncredited)	Presumed Deceased	07/10/1913	112	—	58
Kamayuki Tsubono Government Official (uncredited)	Government Official (uncredited)	Presumed Deceased	26/07/1919	107	—	52
Ichirō Chiba Chiba Resident (uncredited)	Chiba Resident (uncredited)	Living	30/07/1929	97	—	42
Junpei Natsuki Citizen (uncredited)	Citizen (uncredited)	Deceased	15/06/1918	91	21/02/2010	53
Haruya Sakamoto Staff Officer (uncredited)	Staff Officer (uncredited)	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Rinsaku Ogata Soldier (uncredited)	Soldier (uncredited)	Presumed Deceased	06/01/1925	101	—	46
Shizuko Higashi Nurse (uncredited)	Nurse (uncredited)	Deceased	—	—	—	—