Pineapple Butai (1959)

10.0/10 • 97 min • War

Overview

The story of the role played by Japanese-American soldiers from Hawaii in the Korean War of the 1950s.

Cast

Naoki Sugiura

Sumida

Mikki Yasukawa

Neko (Cat)

Jerry Itō

Sgt. March

Junzaburō Ban

Uncle Masagoro

Yukiyo Toake

Sayoko

Isuzu Yamada

Shigeyo (Mother)

Miyuki Kuwano

Yukiko

Masumi Harukawa

Betty

Kazuya Kosaka

Yogi

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