None But the Brave (1965)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.6/10   

Director:

Frank Sinatra

Escritores:

Kikumaru Okuda (story)
John Twist (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

24 febrero 1965 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Guerra

Frase comercial:

The brave are never different - only different looking!

Plot:

American and Japanese soldiers, stranded on a tiny Pacific island during World War II, must make a temporary...

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Friendship Among Enemies?

Reparto

Tatsuya Mihashi	...	Lt. Kuroki
Takeshi Katô	...	Sgt. Tamura (as Takeshi Kato)
Homare Suguro	...	LCpl. Hirano
Kenji Sahara	...	Cpl. Fujimoto
Mashahiko Tanimura	...	Lead Pvt. Ando
Tôru Ibuki	...	Pvt. Arikawa
Ryucho Shunputei	...	Pvt. Okunda
Hisao Dazai	...	Pvt. Tokumaru
Susumu Kurobe	...	Pvt. Goro (as Susume Kurobe)
Takashi Inagaki	...	Pvt. Ishi
Kenichi Hata	...	Pvt. Sato
Frank Sinatra	...	Chief Pharmacist Mate
Clint Walker	...	Capt. Dennis Bourke
Tommy Sands	...	2nd Lt. Blair
Brad Dexter	...	Sgt. Bleeker

También conocida como:

Yusha nomi (Japan)
Todos fueron valientes (Spain) [es]

Duración:

106 min

País:

USA | Japan

Idioma:

Inglés | Japonés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Clasificación:

UK:PG | USA:Approved (PCA #20787) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | Australia:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA

Compañía:

Sinatra Enterprises

Trivialidades:

The title is from John Dryden's poem, "Alexander's Feast", stanza 1: "None but the brave/ deserve the fair."

Errores:

Continuidad: In some scenes the Japanese officer is carrying a Walther P-38, which is a German-made pistol, but in other scenes he's carrying a Nambu, which is a Japanese-made pistol.

Friendship Among Enemies?

Can circumstances turn bitter enemies fighting for their countries into true friends? None But the Brave attempts to answer this question with a unique look at the relationship between two companies of enemy soldiers during World War II. This 1965 film is a character study of the two groups  one American, the other Japanese. Marooned together on an island, they are forced into a reluctant cease-fire in order to help each other survive.

Frank Sinatra plays Chief Pharmacist Maloney, an alcoholic medic. As always, `Ol' Blue Eyes' shines with his great performance, proving how incredibly underrated he is as an actor. His co-stars are Tatsuya Mihashi as Lieutenant Kuroki and Clint Walker as Captain Bourke. The poignant story is told from the perspective of Kuroki, the ranking Japanese soldier. Mihashi performs brilliantly as a man driven to honor his country, but in his heart carries deep hatred for violence and `admires men's works. not their destruction.' Walker's portrayal as Bourke, an American soldier haunted by his past, is outstanding. Kuroki and Bourke's positions are paralleled throughout the film as they struggle to keep their men under control in the middle of nowhere.

Sinatra was more than one of the film's stars. In a bit of multitasking, he also produced and displayed his directing skills in his only directorial endeavor. It is very apparent that the filmmakers tried extremely hard to display fair portrayals of both sides. For instance, there were three writers, Kikumaru Okuda and Katsuya Susaki, both Japanese, and John Twist, an American.

It was surprising that John Williams, credited as Johnny Williams, composed the musical score for this film. This was a rare opportunity to see just how much is skills have evolved since 1965, which of course is to be expected. While the music was entertaining, it did not reach the caliber of most of his soundtracks from around 1974 and up.

This was an excellent motion picture. It gets all points for writing and acting. The directing was quite good. My only criticism is that some of the action scenes could have been more dynamic. Sinatra apparently decided to use a very straightforward approach with the camerawork. This resulted in somewhat stagnant feel to the battle scenes where a slightly different angle would have made all the difference. This may have been on purpose, as this was not a typical shoot 'em up, drag 'em out war film, but had a much more intelligent story.

7 out of 10