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Released
2011 · FILM

Oba: The Last Samurai

Runtime
128 min
Language
JA
DramaWar

Synopsis

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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Principal cast & crew: 28

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Jim MunroShot by Kozo ShibasakiScored by Takashi KakoDesigned by Richard Lowe

Also known as

  • Codename: Fox - Die letzte Schlacht im Pazifikde
  • Battle of the Pacificen
  • Codename: Foxen
  • Oba: The Last Samuraien
  • Taiheiyō no kiseki –fokkusu to yobareta otokoes
  • 1945: End of Warfr

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