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Oba: The Last Samurai
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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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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Genre:War, Drama
Written By:Gregory Marquette, Don Jones, Takuya Nishioka, Cellin Gluck
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Runtime:128 minutes
Studio:TOHO, Cine Bazar, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Protean Image Group, dentsu
Cast
Hideyuki Hirayama
Director
Yutaka Takenouchi
Captain Oba
Toshiaki Karasawa
Horiuchi
Mao Inoue
Chieko Aono
Takayuki Yamada
Toshio Kitami
Tomoko Nakajima
Haruko Okuno
Yoshinori Okada
Saburo Bito
Sadao Abe
Suekichi Motoki
Sean McGowan
Captain Lewis
Daniel Baldwin
Colonel Pollard
Treat Williams
Colonel Wessinger
Itsuji Itao
Kinbara
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