Okinawa Island is located at the southern tip of the Japanese archipelago. The island once had its dynasty, later to be occupied by Japan in 1879. In 1945, during the second World War, more than a quarter of Okinawa's civilian population died. The catastrophe was intensified by Japanese military commanders who forced "mass suicide" among civilians.

The weak could not kill themselves, therefore using a razor and a bamboo spare.
Fathers killed their sons, sons killed their mothers and sisters.
People who have remained alive are living through hell, the sense of guilt haunting their lives every day for murdering their loved ones.

Poem written by Koukichi Nakaya, Okinawan poet, who committed suicide in his young age, wishing an independence of Okinawa, was inserted with the music composition by Yuji Takayashi.
Song: The Last Note
Written by: Koukichi Nakaya (1939-1966) from his posthumous manuscript "name, stand up and walk"
Music Composition: Yuji Takahashi
Performed by: Suigyu Gakudan
Paintings by: Iri Maruiki and Toshi Maruiki
Support: Sakima Art Museum, Chonghwa Lee