Oba: The Last Samurai 2011 123movies

Watch: 太平洋の奇跡 -フォックスと呼ばれた男- 2011 123movies, Full Movie Online – 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). Playing dead, he initially avoids capture and then is joined by a small band of survivors who retreat deep into the jungle. There, he as the highest ranking officer still alive will take command of the surviving 46 soldiers and 200 plus Japanese civilians now in his care who will evade the Marines and conduct a hit and run Guerrilla War long after the Americans declare the island secured in American hands. Enraged by Oba’s resistance, the temperamental USMC Commander Colonel Pollard (Daniel Baldwin) launches an all out effort to hunt the man the Marines have dubbed “The Fox” of the Pacific. Failing to Capture Oba, Pollard is sacked and replaced by the mild mannered Colonel Wessinger (Treat Williams) who decides to take a rational less aggressive approach by deploying Captain Lewis (Sean McGowan) who lived in Japan and was both fluent in Japanese language and Culture to go reason with Oba and convince him to surrender. Based on the real life exploits of Captain Oba Sakae, Oba – The Last Samurai tells the incredible true story of one man who found the courage to live defying both the Bushido of the day and the overwhelming US Forces for over 512 days raiding US bases for supplies while evading capture well past the Japanese Surrender and into history..
Plot: 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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Ratings:

	6.4/10 Votes: 1,162
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	N/A Votes: 14 Popularity: 3.896 | TMDB

Reviews:

American propaganda.
I saw the words “refreshing”, “Japanese perspective” and “realistic” in the previous review which is UTTER tosh. Where does this guy get off telling such lies? There must be an American media machine feeding these lines to try sell this typical American self righteous arrogant movie, because so many have been made, I guess they are trying a new selling angle to make more money.

The acting is Awful, believe me, its some of the worst you will ever see, a knife wound results in instant death, an explosion forces everyone to lie flat facedown in a perfect 20m radius. There are 2 emotions in this film, and you will be hard pressed to recognise either of them.

The script is soooo cheesy, I think Disney would blush. The lines seem to specifically say “We Americans were so kind to the Japanese while we were killing them, we couldn’t have torture bases in Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo Bay, Baghram Airbase etc etc” Move on people, nothing to see here you haven’t already seen 10 times 10 years ago.

The struggle between Honour and Reason
This is a film which tries to find balance between both stories, Japanese and American. It shows the brutality of war, and that there is good and bad on both sides. The film strives to portray the story of a man, Captain Sakae Oba, caught between honour and reason and his battle to find a course which satisfies both.

The film is superbly shot, especially the wide-angle panoramas and action. As with most movies the guns fire with too much flame, the explosions are too small to be accurate, and people die too easily and without the screams and gore that accompanies true war. If it’s action you seek, then another movie would probably suit you better.

If you are an intelligent unbiased person who wishes to know about one of the more surprising stories of the Pacific war, then this film is a must. It glosses over some of the more salient points of the real story of Oba and his actions, such as time frame, but is a good account of the framework.

On the whole it is a very good watch, and a fine film.

Other Information:

Original Language ja
Runtime 2 hr 8 min (128 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated N/A
Genre Drama, War
Director Cellin Gluck, Hideyuki Hirayama
Writer Don Jones, Cellin Gluck, Gregory Marquette
Actors Yutaka Takenouchi, Sean McGowan, Mao Inoue
Country Japan
Awards 1 win
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital EX
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arricam ST/LT, Zeiss and Angenieux Lenses, Red One MX, Zeiss and Angenieux Lenses
Laboratory Tokyo Laboratory Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak), Redcode RAW
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Redcode RAW (source format), Super 35 (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic)