None but the Brave
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| Directed by | Frank Sinatra |
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William H. Daniels associate producer Howard W. Koch executive producer Frank Sinatra Kikumaru Okuda |
| Written by | Kikumaru Okuda (story) John Twist Katsuya Susaki |
| Starring | Frank Sinatra Clint Walker Tatsuya Mihashi Tommy Sands |
| Music by | John Williams (as Johnny Williams) |
| Cinematography | Harold Lipstein (director of photography) |
| Edited by | Sam O'Steen |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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106 minutes |
| Country | United States Japan |
| Language | English Japanese |
| Box office | $2,500,000 (US/ Canada rentals) |
None but the Brave, also known as Yūsha nomi (勇者のみ None but the brave men?) in Japan, is a 1965 war film with Frank Sinatra, Clint Walker, Tatsuya Mihashi, Tommy Sands and Brad Dexter. This is the only film directed by Frank Sinatra, and the first Japanese-American co-production, produced by Sinatra for Warner Bros. and Kikumaru Okuda for Toho Studios.
Narrated in English by a Japanese officer named Kuroki (in the form of a journal he is writing for his wife), a platoon of Japanese soldiers is stranded on an island in the Pacific with no means of communicating with the outside world. Lieutenant Kuroki (Tatsuya Mihashi) keeps his men firmly in hand and is supervising the building of a boat for their escape.
An American C-47/R4D transport plane is shot down by a Japanese Zero, which in turn is shot down by an American F4U Corsair, on the same island with a platoon of U.S. marines led by Captain Dennis Bourke (Clint Walker), Sergeant Bleeker (Brad Dexter) and 2nd Lieutenant Blair (Tommy Sands). Confidante to Bourke is the chief pharmacist's mate (Frank Sinatra). As both sides learn of each other's existence on the island, tension mounts resulting in a battle for the Japanese boat. The vessel is destroyed and a Japanese soldier is seriously injured. Calling a truce, Koruki trades the Americans access to water in exchange for a visit from their doctor to treat the wounded soldier, whose leg has to be amputated.
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