Oba: The Last Samurai

7.3

Based on the autobiographical novel "Oba, the Last Samurai" by U.S. soldier Don Jones. Set during the end of WWII, Captain Oba and his group of 47 soldiers on the isle of Saipan fights against the U.S. army long after…

The Retreat from Kiska

2.0

In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an overwhelming force of Americans, the Japanese Navy attempted one of the…

Pacific Porters

Solitary Gourmet 2024 New Year's Eve Special: From the Pacific to the Sea of Japan

7.9

Tantei Kamizu Kyosuke no Satsujin Suiri 10

Eagle of the Pacific

6.9

Japanese Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor,…

Storm Over the Pacific

The story is an account of a young Japanese bombardier, Lt. Koji Kitami stationed aboard the Hiryu and his participation in two battles in the Pacific during World War II, the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle…

Oda Motoyoshi

An English major who graduated from Waseda University, one of Japan's most prestigious, in 1935, Motoyoshi Oda was promptly accepted into the directors' program at Tokyo's P.C.L. (Photo Chemical Laboratories, a film company later incorporated into Toho Studios). He studied under director Kajiro Yamamoto,…

Takahashi Hideki no Sencho Series 10

3.0

Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 2001 Spring Special

An omnibus special comprised of five segments: >> Story 1: "Tomodachi Toroku" (友達登録) >> Story 2: "Kabushiki Otoko" (株式男) >> Story 3: "Taiheiyo wa Moete Iru ka?" (太平洋は燃えているか?) >> Story…

Alone Across the Pacific

7.5

The story of a young man who, determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature, succeeded in crossing the Pacific Ocean to America in a small sailboat, while fighting storms, waves and loneliness and testing…