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Taiheiyou no kiseki: Fokkusu to yobareta otoko (2011)

128 min · Drama, War Film, drama film, war film

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Directors

Hideyuki Hirayama

Cast

Yutaka Takenouchi, Sean McGowan, Mao Inoue, Daniel Baldwin, Treat Williams, Toshiaki Karasawa, Matthew R. Anderson

The story

During the Battle of Saipan, on 7 July 1944, Captain Sakae Ōba partakes in a final banzai charge against the United States Marine Corps on the island of Saipan. It is the largest banzai charge of the Pacific War, but fails, resulting in over 4,000 Japanese deaths after 15 hours of close combat. American forces declare the island secure on 9 July, while Ōba and a handful of survivors retreat into the jungle and begin a guerrilla-style war using Mount Tapochau as a base due to its natural defensive position and prominent heights overlooking every possible approach.

Catalogue themes and tags

1944, American, American soldier, Enemy, Hostility, Idol, Japanese, Japanese Army, Nation, Pacific, Pacific War, Rettung, Tapferkeit, War

Genres

Drama, War Film, drama film, war film

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