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Only the Brave

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During World War II a combat unit composed of Japanese-American volunteers rescues 211 members of the Texas "Lost Battalion" and becomes one of the most highly decorated units in American military history.

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Burl Burlingame Honolulu Star-Advertiser Only the Brave is a little movie, but a good, powerful, haunting feature nonetheless. And it's way overdue, the last 442nd/100th movie was Go For Broke, 1951. Rated: 2.5/4 Jun 16, 2011 Full Review Bruce Dancis Sacramento Bee In addition to being a taut and exciting war film, with realistic combat scenes and flashbacks and flash-forwards to the soldiers' civilian lives, Only the Brave serves to educate viewers about the diversity of the Japanese American troops. Jun 6, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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Georgan G I enjoyed learning about the Japanese-American troops in WWII. The prejudice against Japanese-Americans during this time was horrible, as shown briefly here. My problem is with the script, which did not allow the viewer to understand the characters. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/02/23 Full Review Audience Member movie it was wonderful!!!!! 5 stars 100%. One of the best movies I've ever seen!! You should see it! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Only movie I've ever saw my husband cry during. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Frances H I wanted to like this movie, but the whole production was rather cliched and mediocre. The TV movie Return to Manzanar was a more dramatic film, and far less amateurish. The director should have watched Saving Private Ryan or Tuskegee Airmen before starting this project. It did not have the emotional impact that it should have had. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 06/13/13 Full Review Audience Member Similar to "Passchendaele". Lane Nishikawa does a great Edward James Olmos imitation... or is that really his real voice?! The film was very predictable and the antithesis of poignant. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Unfortunately the tale of the Purple Heart Battalion was a bit of a sleeper...the battlefield scenes felt subdued, undramatic and staged. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Lane Nishikawa

Director

Lane Nishikawa

Sgt. Jimmy Takata

Jason Scott Lee

Sgt. Glenn "Tak" Takase

Mark Dacascos

Sgt. Steve "Zaki" Senzaki

Yuji Okumoto

Sgt. Yukio "Yuk" Nakajo

Tamlyn Tomita

Mary Takata
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Movie Info

Synopsis During World War II a combat unit composed of Japanese-American volunteers rescues 211 members of the Texas "Lost Battalion" and becomes one of the most highly decorated units in American military history.
Director
Lane Nishikawa
Producer
Lane Nishikawa, Karen Criswell, Eric Hayashi, Jay Koiwai
Screenwriter
Lane Nishikawa
Production Co
Mission From Buddha Productions
Rating
R (Disturbing Images|Some War Violence)
Genre
War, History, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 19, 2016
Runtime
1h 39m