Oba: The Last Samurai
2011 ‘Taiheiyou no kiseki: Fokkusu to yobareta otoko’ Directed by Hideyuki Hirayama
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In 1944, the American military lands on the shores of Saipan. Refusing to commit suicide with his superiors or be forced into camps for prisoners of war, Captain Oba Sakae leads a group of his men and other similarly minded local residents into the mountains. Even after hearing reports of the Japanese military's surrender, Oba dismisses the reports as propaganda and continues to launch guerilla attacks against the American soldiers, earning him the nickname "The Fox". Soon, even the American commander who's charged with the task of capturing Oba comes to admire his persistent enemy.
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A fairly good story but for the most, poorly executed.
It's based on the true story of Sakae Ōba, commander at the island of Saipan who continued his resistance for several months after the war had ended. The scenes that include the Japanese cast are without doubt the best in the film, while the American forces fail to offer any form of credibility mainly due to poor acting. The soldiers look as much as a combat-weary army as do a Wal-Mart crew come late Black Friday. Less, even.
The «stars» of this film are Daniel Baldwin and Treat Williams. The latter isn't half bad, he only has a few lines, but Baldwin is a really, really lousy actor. On the…
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Japanese war film about Saeki Oba, an Imperial Japanese Army captain who refused to surrender after the loss of the critical island of Saipan to the US Marine Corp. The film uses mediocre American war blockbusters as it's template rather than utilizing aspects of their own cinema.
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A fairly good story but for the most, poorly executed.
It's based on the true story of Sakae Ōba, commander at the island of Saipan who continued his resistance for several months after the war had ended. The scenes that include the Japanese cast are without doubt the best in the film, while the American forces fail to offer any form of credibility mainly due to poor acting. The soldiers look as much as a combat-weary army as do a Wal-Mart crew come late Black Friday. Less, even.
The «stars» of this film are Daniel Baldwin and Treat Williams. The latter isn't half bad, he only has a few lines, but Baldwin is a really, really lousy actor. On the…