Only the Brave (2006)

Directed by

Lane Nishikawa

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

R

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A segregated unit of Japanese American soldiers fights in World War II. They are sent to rescue a surrounded battalion under heavy enemy fire.

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What happens

Only the Brave is a 2006 independent film about the 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated World War II fighting unit primarily made up of "Nisei" Japanese Americans, which for its size and length of service became the most decorated unit in U.S. military history. The film, produced and directed by Lane Nishikawa, is a fictionalized account of the rescue of the Lost Battalion. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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