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Oba: The Last Samurai (2011)
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Oba: The Last Samurai (2011)
Original name: 太平洋の奇跡 -フォックスと呼ばれた男-
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story: 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.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: world war two, military, honor, battles, soldier, world war, war, fight, wartime, japanese army, commander, wartime life, heroic mission, pacific war, yakuza, summer, american soldier, katana, hara kiri, seppuku, japanese soldier, medieval, flamethrower, katana sword
Time: 1940s, year 1945, year 1944
Place: japan, pacific ocean, oceania

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The Highest Honor (1982)
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Duration: 144 min.
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Death and Glory in Changde (2010)
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Duration: 131 min.
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Foxhole (2021)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
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Style: disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating
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Country: Denmark
Duration: 122 min.
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