Phil Karlson directed this true story about Guy Gabaldon(played by Jeffrey Hunter) a young boy with absent parents who is adopted into a Japanese foster family in the 1930's, and later has to deal with their internment during the outbreak of WWII. He is quick to fight anyone who mocks his family, but is in a tough spot fighting his own government, though both he and his brothers enlist anyway. Guy joins the marines, where his fluent Japanese proves vital in dealing with the enemy, and he later distinguishes himself by capturing 800 prisoners in Saipan after the general commits ritual suicide. David Janssen costars as his fellow soldier and best friend. Interesting film with some good action scenes, though there is too much padding and comic relief spent in an extended party sequence.
Review of Hell to Eternity
