Oba, The Last Samurai
Based on true stories chronicled in a semi-autobiographical book by the same title, 'Oba, The Last Samurai', depicting events on Saipan during the Second World War by a US Marine intelligence officer, Don Jones. The events are depicted through the eyes of both the Japanese and the Americans with each side being helmed and represented by a Japanese director, cast and crew as well as an American director, cast and crew.
The films tells the story of a Captain Oba and his band of men who hid out in the jungle, refusing to surrender as well as throwing away their lives in suicide attacks and that of an American Marine intelligence officer intent on bringing Oba and his men out of the jungles, safely and above all alive.
This film is a truly international collaboration replete with cultural as well as technical differences being portrayed on the screen by a Japanese/American/Thai crew.