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Hell to Eternity (1960)

Hell to Eternity (1960)

Drama War

The Marines' Battle Cry of the South Pacific!

Release Date: 1960, August 1
Directors: Phil Karlson
Countries: United States of America
Production: Allied Artists Pictures, Atlantic Pictures Corporation
Cast: George Takei, Jeffrey Hunter, John Larch, Bill Williams, Sessue Hayakawa, David Janssen, Patricia Owens, Vic Damone, Michi Kobi, Richard Gardner, Reiko Sato, George Shibata

Overview:

Based on the story about Guy Gabaldon, a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese-American foster family. After Pearl Harbor, his foster family is interned at the Manzanar camp for Japanese Americans, while he enlists in the Marines, where his ability to speak Japanese becomes a vital asset. During the Battle of Saipan, he convinces 800 Japanese to surrender after their general commits suicide.

Keywords:

biography world war ii u.s. marine