Dall'omonimo libro di Gordon A. Prange, è la ricostruzione del 7 dicembre 1941, quando i giapponesi attaccarono la base di Pearl Harbor, raccontata dal punto di vista americano e da quello giapponese.
Sessantadue anni fa americani e giapponesi si combatterono nella decisiva battaglia di Iwo Jima. Qualche decennio più tardi vennero ritrovate centinaia di lettere mai spedite dei combattenti giapponesi.Da queste deriva la storia della celebre battaglia di Iwo Jima dal punto di vista delle truppe giapponesi.
In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing, then-capital of the Republic of China. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a six week period wherein tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed.
La prima missione aerea americana su Tokyo, nel 1942, durò solo trenta secondi e comportò numerose vittime tra i piloti. Nel film si racconta la vicenda di un aviatore americano che parte per la missione lasciando a casa la moglie incinta, viene abbattuto dalla contraerea e cade in territorio cinese. Qui perde l'uso di una gamba, ma si salva grazie alle amorevoli cure ricevute in un villaggio.
Kaji (Tatsuya Nakadai) diventa recluta nell'esercito imperiale giapponese, in seguito alla chiamata di leva (con cui si concludeva Nessun amore è più grande, primo capitolo della trilogia "La condizione umana"). Continua la sua lotta umanitaria contro i soprusi e le ingiustizie del sistema militare, sia da parte degli ufficiali, sia tra veterani e reclute, in particolare quando il debole e pavido soldato Obara Nitôhei (Kunie Tanaka) viene preso di mira e umiliato per essere crollato durante una spedizione, tanto da indurlo al suicidio. Un giorno si presenta al campo Michiko (Michiyo Aratama), moglie di Kaji, e viene dato loro il permesso di passare una notte insieme in un magazzino. Kaji, che è stimato per il suo coraggio nonostante le idee da comunista, viene nominato caporale, anche per cercare di piegarlo più facilmente agli ideali bellici e patriottici, fino al momento della battaglia al fronte contro i russi.
Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan. Admiral Heihachiro Togo sends his fleet to confront the Russians, with results which stun both nations. Meanwhile, Major Genjiro Akashi makes secret negotiations with the Bolshevik revolutionaries in Russia, negotiations that have repercussions far beyond the conflict at hand.
A true story of a six-year-long legal conflict of 10 comfort women and 13 attorneys against 200 Fukuoka supporters association.
In World War II era Los Angeles, the manager of the Culver Hotel leaves his nephew in charge for a weekend. The nephew changes the name to the Hotel Rainbow and overbooks with royalty, assassins, secret agents, Japanese tourists, and munchkins. Secret Service agent Bruce Thorpe and casting director Annie Clark find romance amidst the intrigue and confusion.
Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.
The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.
Wartime, 1942. Singapore. An Australian fighter pilot shot down in combat awakens suspended in the treetops. As night devours day, he must navigate through dangerous jungle in search of sanctuary.
The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight schools. However, the flight schools have extremely demanding, harsh training, and once they finally become pilots, they must become suicide bombers and give their lives for their homeland.
In January 1904, the situation between Japan and Russia had grown tense. The Emperor Meiji is deeply concerned, for Russia has started to build an invincible fortress at Port Arthur, and the relations between two countries have become strained to breaking point. General Nogi has retired to the first reserve and is now a gentleman farmer, but he is prepared for sudden mobilization. Finally, Japan declares war against Russia and Emperor Meiji appoints General Nogi as the commander of the force to attack Port Arthur. However, in spite of several all-out attacks, the fortress is strong and the casualties increase among the Japanese. Because of these reverses, there are loud cries for a change in command. However, the Emperor places his confidence in General Nogi.
Giappone, 1945. Quattro amici raggiungono una casa in mezzo alla campagna per brindare al loro amico morto in guerra
The stooges are three fish peddlers who decide to cut out the middleman by catching their own fish. They trade their car and $300 for a "new" boat which turns out to be a piece of junk that soon falls apart and sinks in the middle of the ocean. Luckily the boys also have a row boat which they climb into and then try to signal some passing planes for help. Unfortunately, their paint spattered rag is mistaken for a Japanese flag and they are bombed from the sky.
Young men endure challenging flight training in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Army and Navy. By the time of the filming, the pressure of the war had led the government to shorten the training and expand the age range of the recruits. Yokaren was highly selective, and thus an object of great fascination and desire for boys and young men. In this Navy–sponsored film, Setsuko Hara plays the daughter of a family that often entertains recruits on their days off—a surrogate sister to many trainees. Her fragile younger brother aspires to join the program, but is rejected. With perseverance and much support from Hara and their mother, he surmounts his weaknesses and becomes a flier.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Kuomintang negotiated cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party while also asking their Ministry of Defense to secretly formulate a plan for attacking the Communist army, codenamed "A-14". Unexpectedly, Japanese spies stole this plan in a vain attempt to blackmail the Kuomintang into defecting to Japan. The Ministry of National Defense immediately organized a "Black Phoenix" operation to recapture the "A-14" plan, and sent officers under the pseudonym "Black Eagle" to carry it out.