Pacific War Movies
- 1988

Men Behind the Sun
Men Behind the Sun6.1851988HD
Japanese troops round up Chinese and Russian prisoners of war and take them to unit 731, where they're horribly tortured and experimented on to test...
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- 2006

Letters from Iwo Jima
Letters from Iwo Jima7.4772006HD
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese...
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- 2006

Flags of Our Fathers
Flags of Our Fathers6.8572006HD
There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the...
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- 1954

Beachhead
Beachhead5.61954HD
On a Japanese-occupied island during World War II, only two soldiers remain alive after a mission attempt goes horribly wrong. Trapped on the island,...
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- 1957

The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Bridge on the River Kwai7.8191957HD
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American...
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- 1944

Dear Soldier
Dear Soldier01944HD
Two Korean conscripts undergo Imperial Japanese Army training, much to the pleasure of their families.
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- 1942

The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway5.8381942HD
The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox...
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- 1980

The Final Countdown
The Final Countdown6.6191980HD
During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in...
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- 2015

The Emperor in August
The Emperor in August6.42015HD
In July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration. A cabinet meeting has continued through days and...
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- 1987

Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun7.5061987HD
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured...
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- 2002

Windtalkers
Windtalkers6.32002HD
Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II...
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- 1983

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence7.31983HD
Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel...
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- 1953

The Eagle of the Pacific
The Eagle of the Pacific7.61953HD
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war...
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- 1942

The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya61942HD
Japanese Navy air cadets train for the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the HMS Prince of Wales.
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- 1962

The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps01962HD
The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.
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- 1958

Run Silent, Run Deep
Run Silent, Run Deep6.91958HD
The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His...
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- 2020

Wife of a Spy
Wife of a Spy6.7192020HD
It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her...
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- 1962

Merrill's Marauders
Merrill's Marauders6.11962HD
Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind...
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- 2005

Yamato
Yamato5.3592005HD
Directed by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the present day and uses flashbacks to tell the story of...
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- 1945

Appointment in Tokyo
Appointment in Tokyo5.81945HD
Produced by the Army Pictorial Service, Signal Corps, with the cooperation of the Army Air Forces and the United States Navy, and released by Warner...
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