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A searing portrait of war and prejudice, 'Only the Brave' takes you on a haunting journey into the hearts and minds of the forgotten heroes of WWII, the Japanese-American 100th/442nd. In 1941, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, overnight Japanese Americans were put into internment camps for the duration of the war. Determined to prove their loyalty, 1400 Japanese Americans successfully petitioned the government to serve becoming the 100th Infantry Battalion. They were sent to North Africa, Italy and finally France were they performed an impossibly-dangerous rescue of the Texas 36th Division. During their two years of combat these men received an unparalleled 21 Medals of Honor, 9,486 Purple Hearts, 8 Presidential Citations, 53 Distinguished Service Crosses, 588 Silver Stars and 5,200 Bronze stars making them the most decorated unit of their size in American military history. This is their story.
Original Release
10/23/2006
US Release
10/23/2006
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Tamlyn Tomita | Mary Takata |
Greg Watanabe | Private Freddy Watada / Pvt. Freddy Watada |
Mark Dacascos | Sgt. Steve 'Zaki' Senzaki |
Kipp Shiotani | Corporal Johnny 'Nomu' Nomura / Cpl. Johnny 'Nomu' Nomura |
Jason Scott Lee | Sgt. Glenn 'Tak' Takase |
Yuji Okumoto | Sgt. Yukio 'Yuk' Nakajo |
Ehécatl Chávez | Father Jordan (as Ehecatl Chavez) / Father Jordan |
Sara Shields | Renee Jordan |
Casey Koiwai | Johnny Nomura Jr. |
Jordan Nakahara | Betty Nomura |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Tamlyn Tomita | Mary Takata |
Greg Watanabe | Private Freddy Watada / Pvt. Freddy Watada |
Mark Dacascos | Sgt. Steve 'Zaki' Senzaki |
Kipp Shiotani | Corporal Johnny 'Nomu' Nomura / Cpl. Johnny 'Nomu' Nomura |
Jason Scott Lee | Sgt. Glenn 'Tak' Takase |
Yuji Okumoto | Sgt. Yukio 'Yuk' Nakajo |
Ehécatl Chávez | Father Jordan (as Ehecatl Chavez) / Father Jordan |
Sara Shields | Renee Jordan |
Casey Koiwai | Johnny Nomura Jr. |
Jordan Nakahara | Betty Nomura |
Ken Narasaki | Dr. Richard 'Doc' Naganuma / Richard "Doc" Naganuma |
Kenneth Choi | Pvt. Dave 'Bullseye' Fukushima (as Ken Choi) / Pvt. Dave 'Bullseye' Fukushima |
Gina Hiraizumi | Eleanor Takase |
Michael Sun Lee | Pvt. Al 'Kauai' Nakamura |
Garret Sato | Corporal Richard 'Hilo' Imamura (as Garret T. Sato) / Cpl. Richard 'Hilo' Imamura |
Christina Cellner | Genevieve |
Ryun Yu | Pvt. Robert 'Min' Minami |
Larry Tazuma | Pvt. Frank Fukushima |
Bob Kubota | Pvt. Ichiro 'Ichi' Mizuno |
Michael Hagiwara | Rev. Nobu 'Rev' Inouye |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Lane Nishikawa | Producer |
Linda Arnold | Producer |
Sal Baldomar | Producer |
Harriet Cheng | Producer |
Karen Criswell | Producer |
Eric Hayashi | Producer |
Jay Koiwai | Producer |
Alan E. Muraoka | Producer |
Larry Velasco | Producer |
Michael G. Wojciechowski | Producer |