Hell to Eternity
01/08/1960
2h 11m

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.
Cast


Jeffrey Hunter
Guy Gabaldon


David Janssen
Sgt, Bill Hazen


Sessue Hayakawa
General Matsui


Vic Damone
Cpl. Pete Lewis


George Takei
George Une


Reiko Sato
Famika


Patricia Owens
Sheila Lincoln


Richard Eyer
Guy - as a Boy


John Larch
Capt. Schwabe


Bill Williams
Leonard


Michi Kobi
Sono
George Shibata
Kaz Une
Richard Gardner
Polaski
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