Go for Broke! (1951) on Netflix
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In 1943 Lieutenant Michael Grayson is posted to Camp Shelby, Mississippi, to train a platoon of Nisei volunteers. He had expected to return to the 36th Infantry Division.
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Plot summary
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team is raised in 1943 with the president's approval and Japanese-American volunteers. Its soldiers are Nisei, second-generation Americans born to Japanese parents. A platoon trains at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, under Lieutenant Michael Grayson, who had served as an enlisted soldier in the 36th Infantry Division, a Texas National Guard unit, and expected to return to it. He holds the platoon to military regulations and sees the men as Japanese enemies rather than Americans. In Italy the 100th Battalion, a Nisei unit from Hawaii, joins the regiment.
Cast
- Lane Nakanoas Sam Kamakura
- George Mikias Chick
- Akira Fukunagaas Frank
- Ken K. Okamotoas Kaz
- Henry Oyasatoas Takashi Ohhara
- Harry Hamadaas Masami
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- Luis Aiharaas Soldier(uncredited)
- Danny Aredasas Masami's Buddy(uncredited)
- Paul Bannaias Mail Clerk(uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Go for Broke! (1951)
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- Six members of the cast, Fukunaga, Hamada, Miki, Nakano, Okamoto and Oyasato, were actual members of the 442nd Infantry Regiment, the unit the film is about.
- The film's title comes from a Nisei expression that was largely unfamiliar to other Americans when the film was released, but the phrase has since found common use in American English.
- The 442nd Infantry Regiment became the most heavily decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of the United States military, and was among the units with the highest casualty rates.
- MGM failed to renew its copyright registration, so in 1979, in the 28th year after publication, the film entered the public domain in the United States.
