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Director:

Lane Nishikawa

Writer:

Lane Nishikawa (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

11 November 2009 (USA) more

Genre:

War

Tagline:

21 Medals of Honor, 9,486 Purple Hearts, 588 Silver Stars, 5,200 Bronze Stars. This is their story

Plot:

A searing portrait of war and prejudice, 'Only the Brave' takes you on a haunting journey into the hearts and minds of the forgotten heroes of WWII... more | add synopsis

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Kudos to Nishikawa & company! more (11 total)

Cast

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Jennifer Aquino ... Grace Nakajo

James Boss ... 442 2nd Squad Soldier
Christina Cellner ... Geneveve

Ehécatl Chávez ... French Priest
Edmond Choi ... Soldier

Kenneth Choi ... Dave Fukushima
Brian Connolly ... Factory Manger Connery

Mark Dacascos ... Steve "Zaki" Senzaki

Mike Dunn ... German Soldier

Brian F. Durkin ... Texas Soldier
Jeff Fahey

Takayo Fischer ... Mother

Michael Hagiwara ... Reverend Inouye

Dean Hill ... Older Man

Gina Hiraizumi ... Eleanor "Ellie" Takase

John Koyama ... Hank Hayashi

Jason Scott Lee ... Glenn "Tak" Takase

Emily Liu ... Nancy Loo

Yuki Matsuzaki ... Soldier
Ryan Moriarty ... Additional Voices
Thomas Isao Morinaka ... 442 1st Squad Soldier
C. Traci Murase ... Frances Nakajo

Ken Narasaki ... Dr.Richard"Doc" Naganuma
Lane Nishikawa ... Jimmy Takata
Yuji Okumoto ... Yukio "Yuk" Nakajo

Garret Sato ... Richard "Hilo" Imamura
Brandon Schiffman ... Barber

Kipp Shiotani ... Johnny Nomura
Derek Shizuto ... 442 2nd Squad Soldier (as Derek Kadota)

Michael Sun Lee ... Al "Kauai" Nakamura

Aaron Takahashi ... 442 2nd Squad Soldier
Tamlyn Tomita ... Mary Takata
Greg Watanabe ... Freddy Watada

Ryun Yu ... Robert Minami
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Additional Details

MPAA:

Rated R for some war violence and disturbing images.

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA more

Company:

Mission From Buddha Productions more

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16 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
Kudos to Nishikawa & company!, 20 May 2005
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Author: hilledit from California, United States

I recently saw Only the Brave, and I was very impressed!

I had seen an earlier screening of this film, and although I had thought there were some very effective scenes, things didn't seem to flow together. Well, it is obvious that the director and editor have been working hard because the version that I just saw was very tight and a huge improvement over what I saw a few months ago.

I thought the combat scenes were very well done and they did a good job of conveying the amount of tension and fear that these soldiers must have been feeling. But even more so, I loved the little glimpses into the personal lives of each of these men. They helped to create fleshed out characters that the audience could have an emotional connection with.

The acting was all very strong. I liked the art direction which did a good job of making this film a step back in time to a different era.

I watched this screening along with my father who was a veteran of the 442. He was deeply moved by the film.

Kudos to Lane Nishikawa and company for making a very important movie.

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