Go For Broke Best Version War Van Johnson Lane Nakano Oscar Nominee.
Academy Award Nominated, Best Screenplay! During World War II, Lt. Michael Grayson (Van Johnson) is a newly commissioned American Army officer who looks forward to being assigned to the 36th Texas Division. Instead, he is put in charge of Japanese-American soldiers, who form the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Grayson is bigoted and uneasy about the assignment, but when the unit goes into combat in Italy, he admires their courage and determination. The 442nd eventually becomes the most decorated unit in the U.S. Army.
1951 Hollywood Classic
Fighting in the European theater during World War II, this unit became the most heavily decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of the United States Army, as well as one of the units with the highest casualty rates. This film is a Hollywood rarity for its era in that it features Asian Americans in a positive light, highlighting the wartime efforts of Japanese Americans on behalf of their country even while that same country confined their families in camps.
The film dramatizes the real-life story of the 442nd, which was composed of Nisei (second-generation Americans born of Japanese parents) soldiers.
Director: Robert Pirosh
Stars: Van Johnson, Lane Nakano, George Miki
Cast
Van Johnson as Lt. Michael Grayson
Lane Nakano as Sam
George Miki as Chick
Akira Fukunaga as Frank
Ken K. Okamoto as Kaz
Henry Oyasato as Takashi Ohhara
Harry Hamada as Masami
Henry Nakamura as Tommy Kamakura
Warner Anderson as Col. Charles W. Pence
Don Haggerty as Sgt. Wilson I. Culley
Gianna Maria Canale as Rosina
Dan Riss as Capt. Solari
John Banner as a German soldier
1951 Hollywood Classic
Fighting in the European theater during World War II, this unit became the most heavily decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of the United States Army, as well as one of the units with the highest casualty rates. This film is a Hollywood rarity for its era in that it features Asian Americans in a positive light, highlighting the wartime efforts of Japanese Americans on behalf of their country even while that same country confined their families in camps.
The film dramatizes the real-life story of the 442nd, which was composed of Nisei (second-generation Americans born of Japanese parents) soldiers.
Director: Robert Pirosh
Stars: Van Johnson, Lane Nakano, George Miki
Cast
Van Johnson as Lt. Michael Grayson
Lane Nakano as Sam
George Miki as Chick
Akira Fukunaga as Frank
Ken K. Okamoto as Kaz
Henry Oyasato as Takashi Ohhara
Harry Hamada as Masami
Henry Nakamura as Tommy Kamakura
Warner Anderson as Col. Charles W. Pence
Don Haggerty as Sgt. Wilson I. Culley
Gianna Maria Canale as Rosina
Dan Riss as Capt. Solari
John Banner as a German soldier
