2009 Japanese Film Festival

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2009 Japanese Film Festival
Topic Started: May 15 2009, 07:14 AM (62 Views)
Laughing Gravy	May 15 2009, 07:14 AM Post #1
Revered in the UK Posts: 11,070 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 31, 2005	...is this weekend at the Crest Theatre in downtown Sacramento. Amongst the offerings... Sat. May 16th, 12:30pm GO FOR BROKE ( 1951)MGM broke through racial barriers with this WW II docudrama on the all Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat unit who fought with distinction in Italy and France. The movie’s battle scenes show their age, but the story is compelling. GO FOR BROKE follows the boys through training in Mississippi to Italy. Van Johnson, stars as the unit’s trainer and leader. He views the short, raw recruits with distaste. His request for transfer is denied; he later changes his mind. The 442nd Nisei soldiers (2nd generation Japanese Americans) play themselves. The film depicts the 5 day assault through German lines and rescue of 211 surrounded men of the Texas National Guard. Nicknamed 'the Purple Heart Battalion' the 442nd, part of the 100th Infantry Battalion, suffered the most casualties and won the most decorations in U.S. military history – 52 Distinguished Service Crosses, 19 Medals of Honor, and 9,486 Purple Hearts.



panzer the great & terrible	May 15 2009, 01:54 PM Post #2
Mouth Breather Posts: 10,340 Group: Members Member #13 Joined: September 3, 2005	How did you happen to see it?
	We Wear Short Shorts Flying Purple People Eater


Laughing Gravy	May 16 2009, 07:07 AM Post #3
Revered in the UK Posts: 11,070 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 31, 2005	I got a notice through the Capitol Film Arts Alliance here in town, of which I am a proud member.


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