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Hell to Eternity

Movie·1960·Drama, War·2h 11m·Directed by Phil Karlson

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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.

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Jeffrey HunterJeffrey HunterGuy GabaldonDavid JanssenDavid JanssenSgt, Bill HazenSessue HayakawaSessue HayakawaGeneral MatsuiVic DamoneVic DamoneCpl. Pete LewisGeorge TakeiGeorge TakeiGeorge UneReiko SatoReiko SatoFamikaPatricia OwensPatricia OwensSheila LincolnRichard EyerRichard EyerGuy - as a Boy

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