Film, Television, and Newsreels
A few film makers used Okinawa as a setting for their stories. Despite its cultural significance and relative youth, the film industry
is quite bad about preserving its historical record.
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Institutions
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Film Library, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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The Film Collection and Script Collection has a copy and script of the Teahouse of the August Moon, the most successful motion picture
about Okinawa. The library also houses the MGM studio archives, which made the film.
Film and Television Archive Research and Study Center, University of California, Los Angeles
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Houses the Hearst Newsreel Collection, which has a number of films recording combat scenes from Okinawa. It also has a video tape of a made for television
version of Teahouse of the August Moon.
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Okinawa--an American war film about naval duty during the Battle of Okinawa.
Okinawan Kessen--a Japanese war film about the Battle of Okinawa.
Teahouse of the August Moon--the most successful motion picture about Okinawa.
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