Too Late the Hero

original title:
Too Late the Hero
other titles:
Suicide Run, (Zu spät für Helden - Antreten zum Verrecken), (Himmelfahrtskommando Okinawa)
country / year of production:
USA / 1970 (x)
original length:
133 min. , color
premiere:
20 May 1970
genre:
adventure
based on:
director:
Robert Aldrich
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plot synopsis:
keywords:
Pacific ocean , suicide squad / mission , behind enemy lines , special forces , Okinawa
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
remarks:
Was filmed at the Philippines, but was an allegory of the Vietnam War at the time.

Tokyo firms created 400 Japanese army uniforms for the film.
availability:
VHS, DVD