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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303935218
Format: Black & White, EP, NTSC
ISBN: 6303935214
Label: Madacy Records
Manufacturer: Madacy Records
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Madacy Records
Release Date: September 19, 1997
Running Time: 92 minutes
Sales Rank: 51569
Studio: Madacy Records
Theatrical Release Date: 1951
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The Most Decorated Unit
The 442nd Combat team was one of the most decorated units in WW II. This film tells their story to those who never heard of them. Other Americans of Japanese ancestry served as translators in the Pacific theater. It was an all-volunteer outfit whose members were investigated. The talk tells about the families who were forcibly relocated, and the background of the soldiers. The new lieutenant enforces the rules and starts training. [It seems more sedate than "Gung Ho".] Do they have regulation haircuts? ... Read More
Rating:  - Sincere and thoroughly merited tribute
The contribution of minority ethnic fighting units to victory in World War 2 has long been a neglected aspect of the war movie -and to a lesser extent ,historical scholarship also.In my native UK the role of ,say ,Indian and Caribbean regiments has only recently received due attention from historians and has been wholly ignored by film makers .
Go For Broke is in many respects an utterly conventional war picture of its era.It deals with the training of a group of volunteers -their basic fitness,instruction ... Read More
Rating:  - A fine prequel to another film
A BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK made me curious about the Hollywood take of the Japanese-American GI experience of World War II. That curiosity led directly to this film which was also produced by Dore Schary. It's a remarkably satisfying prequel to the later film that I reccommend highly for its rich characterization, and the fine demonstration of ensemble-storytelling presented by writer/director Robert Pirosh. Despite the absence of special features, this one absolutely rocks! I was deeply moved by the most unobtrusive, ... Read More
Rating: - A Unique Heartfelt Story.
This highly underrated film should be required viewing for any high school & University student. This film shows the two sides of the coin of life. Life is neither heads or tails, it is both. The film is about the US 442nd regiment combat team in WW2. The Japanese-American platoon had to fight both the Germans & the racial prejidices of their fellow GI's. Lieutenant Mike Grayson-Van Johnson trains the men, but does so very unwillingly. Soon during their campaigns in Italy & France in 1943-44, he develops a great ... Read More
Rating: - Japanese-American GIs in WWII
This is a very good film directed by Robert Pirosh, who scripted HELL IS FOR HEROES with Steve McQueen, about Japanese-American GIs in WWII trained and assigned to fight in Europe during the war. Taught and brilliantly acted and executed this is one of the best war films to come out of that era. It depicts and addresses many of the social issues of Japanese-Americans detained unjustly but given a chance to prove themselves as loyal Americans but more importantly as men of honor defending their country be the politics right or ... Read More
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