Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise

The Battle of Peleliu was fought on the lovely Pacific island of that name by Japanese and American forces toward the end of the Pacific War. A work of fiction based on historical fact, this movie views the battle through the eyes of Tamaru, a 22-year-old soldier and aspiring cartoonist seeing his first combat. A chronicle of the “truth” as seen by a young man struggling to come to terms with war in an era when war was the norm.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Animation,

Drama,

War

Duration:

106 minutes

Year:

2025

Director:

Goro Kuji

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Company:

Shin-Ei Animation,

Fugaku

Cast:
Rihito Itagaki

Hiroshi Tamaru (voice)

Tomoya Nakamura

Keisuke Yoshiki (voice)

Crew:
Junji Nishimura

Screenplay

Kazuyoshi Takeda

Screenplay

Goro Kuji

Director

Kazuyoshi Takeda

Original Story

Kazuyoshi Takeda

Comic Book