Oba: The Last Samurai (2011)
Taiheiyou no kiseki: Fokkusu to yobareta otoko (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 2h 8min
- Drama, War
- 11 Feb 2011 (Japan)
- Movie
- 1 win.
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Cast
Yutaka Takenouchi | ... |
Captain Oba
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Sean McGowan | ... |
Captain Lewis
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Mao Inoue | ... |
Chieko Aono
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Treat Williams | ... |
Colonel Wessinger
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Toshiaki Karasawa | ... |
Horiuchi
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Daniel Baldwin | ... |
Colonel Pollard
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Sadao Abe | ... |
Suekichi Motoki
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Lloyd Buckley | ... |
Cpl. Marks
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Bengal | ... |
(as Bengaru)
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Jordi Vilasuso | ... |
Sgt. Trouble
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Itsuji Itao | ... |
Kinbara
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Daniel Parino | ... |
Pvt. Kellem
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Tomoko Nakajima | ... |
Haruko Okuno
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Harlan Glenn | ... |
Sgt. Munroe
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Yoshinori Okada | ... |
Saburo Bito
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Ian Brown | ... |
Flamethrower Marine
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Ken Mitsuishi | ... |
Nagata
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James Judd | ... |
Lt. Lang
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Takayuki Yamada | ... |
Toshio Kitami
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Mike Dunn | ... |
Breezy / Radioman
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Tokio Emoto | ... |
Ikegami
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Matthew R. Anderson | ... |
Captain Grabbias
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Russell Geoffrey Banks | ... |
US Soldier
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Adrian Fagerlund | ... |
St. MeatBall
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Steve Fahl | ... |
Navy Medic
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Jóhann Jónsson | ... |
US Soldier
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Brendano Lee | ... |
U.S. Soldier
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Ippei Sasaki |
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Manel Soler | ... |
U.S Soldier
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Ken Streutker | ... |
Col. Nelson
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Satoko Tsuji | ... |
Japanese Nurse
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Markus Waldow | ... |
Soldier
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Directed by
Cellin Gluck | ||
Hideyuki Hirayama |
Written by
Don Jones | ... | (based on the book by) |
Cellin Gluck | ... | (screenplay) and |
Gregory Marquette | ... | (screenplay) and |
Takuya Nishioka | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Morio Amagi | ... | producer |
Hiroyasu Asami | ... | co-executive producer |
Hiroshi Hattori | ... | co-executive producer |
Fumihiro Hirai | ... | co-executive producer |
Nobuyuki Iinuma | ... | producer |
Takuya Itô | ... | producer |
Hiroshi Miyazaki | ... | supervising executive producer |
Hiroyasu Murakami | ... | co-executive producer |
Thomas Nelson | ... | U.S. unit producer / producer: credited as production oracle |
Seiji Okuda | ... | executive producer |
Yoshishige Shimatani | ... | co-executive producer (as Yoshinari Shimatani) |
Michael Sarun Srisomsub | ... | producer: Thai unit |
Naoki Suganuma | ... | executive producer |
Toshio Tanaka | ... | producer |
Satoko Tsuji | ... | assistant producer |
Yoshimitsu Ôhashi | ... | co-executive producer (as Yoshimitsu Ohashi) |
Shôsaku Ôyama | ... | co-executive producer (as Shôsaku Ohyama) |
Music by
Takashi Kako |
Cinematography by
Kôzô Shibasaki | ||
Garry Waller | ... | (US Unit) |
Editing by
Jim Munro | ||
Chieko Suzaki |
Casting By
Julia Kim | ||
Tsuyoshi Sugino |
Production Design by
Richard Lowe | ||
Katsumi Nakazawa |
Makeup Department
Tiptalee Chanaputtakun | ... | hair stylist: US unit |
Production Management
Chidchanok Plodripu | ... | unit production manager |
Shuichi Yoshizaki | ... | unit production manager |
Tetsuo Ôya | ... | post-production supervisor (as Tetsuo Ohya) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
J. Stephen Buck | ... | first assistant director: USA |
Hiroshi Chôno | ... | assistant director |
Cellin Gluck | ... | co-director |
Garet Arthur Gluck | ... | second assistant director: USA |
Yu Inose | ... | second second assistant director |
Katsurô Onoue | ... | second unit director (as Katsuro Onoue) |
Phattana Sansumran | ... | second assistant director: Thailand |
Inthira Sawantrat | ... | first assistant director: Thailand |
Kazuhiro Yoshida | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Nattavut Buranakij | ... | stand-by props |
Sirimas Gamm Chaimeeklin | ... | art runner (as Sirimas Gamm Chaimeeglin) |
Pattamawan Chaiwattananan | ... | art coordinator |
Somm Suthinee Chantakarn | ... | assistant to construction manager |
Sarawut Chincharoen | ... | property master |
Vasu Kantatham | ... | construction manager |
Sorayuk Mookleemas | ... | stand-by props |
Pipat Sripradoo | ... | props (creditOnly) |
Kitiya Subpason | ... | construction buyer |
Sound Department
Mizuki Ito | ... | foley artist / re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor |
Masato Komatsu | ... | sound |
Paul Vik Marshall | ... | sound mixer |
Akihiko Okase | ... | foley artist |
Paul Romo | ... | boom operator: US unit |
Rin Takada | ... | boom operator: US unit |
Special Effects by
Herbert Blank | ... | special effects coordinator |
Stunts
Guy Barwell | ... | stunt performer |
Brahim Chab | ... | stunts (as Brahim Achabbakhe) |
Manel Soler | ... | stunts |
Camera and Electrical Department
Prarthna Arias | ... | video assist |
Thurmer August | ... | first assistant camera: US unit |
Martin Landsburg | ... | assistent digital imaging technician |
Nariyuki Ueda | ... | gaffer |
Casting Department
Tanawat Punya | ... | extras casting |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Chantika Kongsillawat | ... | wardrobe supervisor |
Padchar Kongsillawat | ... | wardrobe coordinator (as Padchar Konsillawat) |
Script and Continuity Department
Kazuko Shingyoku | ... | script supervisor: US Unit |
Additional Crew
Josh Douglass | ... | production coordinator: US unit |
Mike Dunn | ... | assistant us military advisor |
Harlan Glenn | ... | senior U.S. military technical advisor |
Suriyun Santitharangkun | ... | set pa |
Kazuko Shingyoku | ... | script supervisor: US unit |
Ken Streutker | ... | production coordinator: USA |
Ken Tajima | ... | production accountant |
Production Companies
- Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company (CTV)
- Cine Bazar
- D.N. Dream Partners
- Dentsu
- Fukuoka Broadcasting System (FBS)
- Hiroshima Telecasting (HTV)
- Nippon Television Network (NTV)
- Protean Image Group
- Shizuoka Daiichi Television
- Toho
- Video Audio Project (VAP)
- Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (YTV)
Distributors
- Toho (2011) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Anchor Bay Entertainment (2012) (Australia) (DVD) (as "Oba: The Last Samurai")
- Central Park Films (2011) (Czechia)
- Central Park Films (2011) (Slovakia)
- Sunfilm Entertainment (2011) (Germany) (DVD)
- Vicol Entertainment (2012) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
- Vicol Entertainment (2012) (Hong Kong) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Special Effects
- Fude (digital matte painting)
- Image Corporation (visual effects)
- M Soft (visual effects)
- Malin Post (visual effects)
- Motor/lieZ (visual effects)
- Nippon Eizo Creative (visual effects)
- Picture Element (visual effects)
- Q-Tec (visual effects)
Other Companies
- Continental Far East (Dolby consultant)
- Picture Element (digital intermediate)
- Sanwa Cine Equipment (camera equipment supplied by)
- Sanwa Pro Light (lighting equipment supplied by)
- Toho Post Production Center (post-production facilities)
- Tokyo Laboratory Co. Ltd. (film processing)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
July 1944, The Imperial Japanese Army Garrison on Saipan mounted its final suicidal Banzai charge against the American Marines in the Battle for Saipan. Out of the 4000 Japanese who waged the charge there are almost no survivors but among them left alive is Captain Oba Sakae (Yutaka Takenouchi). Playing dead, he initially avoids capture and then is joined by a small band of survivors who retreat deep into the jungle. There, he as the highest ranking officer still alive will take command of the surviving 46 soldiers and 200 plus Japanese civilians now in his care who will evade the Marines and conduct a hit and run Guerrilla War long after the Americans declare the island secured in American hands. Enraged by Oba's resistance, the temperamental USMC Commander Colonel Pollard (Daniel Baldwin) launches an all out effort to hunt the man the Marines have dubbed "The Fox" of the Pacific. Failing to Capture Oba, Pollard is sacked and replaced by the mild mannered Colonel Wessinger (Treat Williams) who decides to take a rational less aggressive approach by deploying Captain Lewis (Sean McGowan) who lived in Japan and was both fluent in Japanese language and Culture to go reason with Oba and convince him to surrender. Based on the real life exploits of Captain Oba Sakae, Oba - The Last Samurai tells the incredible true story of one man who found the courage to live defying both the Bushido of the day and the overwhelming US Forces for over 512 days raiding US bases for supplies while evading capture well past the Japanese Surrender and into history. Written by Louis E. Rosas |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | You can see a few M-38 Jeeps and CJ3As instead of the wartime Jeep Willys Also when the Marines are walking in a straight line some of the soldiers are carrying British Lee Enfield rifles instead of M1 Garands, M1 Carbines, or 03-A3 bolt action rifles. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into Hacksaw Ridge (2016). See more » |
Soundtracks | We Wish You A Merry Christmas See more » |
Quotes |
Colonel Pollard:
I don't understand these Japs. This ah... Bushido suicide thing... It's ah... Well! It's crazy. Captain Lewis: Well, It's ah... it's a matter of pride. It's a way of thinking. They've been nurturing in their heads for centuries. See more » |