Army on the Tree

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

Army on the Tree — Plot

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.

• Release date
• July 25, 2025
• Runtime
• 128 min
• Genres
• History, War
• Director
• Kazuhiro Taira

Army on the Tree — Cast

Shinichi Tsutsumi Kazuo Yamashita Yuki Yamada Seijun Agena Ryuto Tsuha Koichi Yonamine Keiji Tamayose Nagata Shogen Matsuo

M

Masayoshi Kishimoto Ikeda

Y

Yayoi Shiroma Ikuko Agena Hiroki Kawata