Genres

Drama , War

Duration

131 min

Director

Phil Karlson

Rating

6.6

Release Date

August 1, 1960

Hell to Eternity

Original title: Hell to Eternity

Synopsis

Based on the story about Guy Gabaldon, a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese-American foster family. After Pearl Harbor, his foster family is interned at the Manzanar camp for Japanese Americans, while he enlists in the Marines, where his ability to speak Japanese becomes a vital asset. During the Battle of Saipan, he convinces 800 Japanese to surrender after their general commits suicide.