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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.
Feb 11, 2011 · Oba: The Last Samurai: Directed by Cellin Gluck, Hideyuki Hirayama. With Yutaka Takenouchi, Sean McGowan, Mao Inoue, Treat Williams. During the end of World War 2, a group of Japanese soldiers fight on after US forces capture most of the island.
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- Drama, War
- Cellin Gluck, Hideyuki Hirayama
- 2011-02-11
Nov 7, 2023 · Based on the true story of a group of Japanese soldiers that fought on after US forces capture most of Saipan. They refuse to surrender and continue to resis...
- 123 min
- 17.2K
- Chzz77 Dacan
Oct 5, 2020 · This is a film of Capt. Oba "JIA" and Capt. Smith "USMC", of the battle of Saipan. This is a WW2 Historical Movie. Some of the film was on Saipan, most of this was actually film in Thailand...
- 129 min
- 420.9K
- The Dive Institute
Feb 11, 2011 · Movie: Oba: The Last Samurai. Romaji: Taiheiyo no kiseki - Fox to yobareta otoko. Japanese: 太平洋の奇跡-フォックスと呼ばれた男-. Director: Hideyuki Hirayama. Writer: Don Jones, Takuya Nishioka, Gregory Marquette, Cellin Gluck.
Feb 11, 2011 · 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.
July 1944, The Imperial Japanese Army Garrison on Saipan mounted its final suicidal Banzai charge against the American Marines in the Battle for Saipan. Out of the 4000 Japanese who waged the charge there are almost no survivors but among them left alive is Captain Oba Sakae (Yutaka Takenouchi).
