第二次世界大戦ヨーロッパ戦線、日系二世兵士第442部隊の活躍を描く。

A portrait of war and prejudice, this motion picture takes a journey into the hearts and minds of the forgotten heroes of World War II - the all-volunteer, Japanese-American 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team. In 1941, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, there were 5,000 Japanese Americans serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. Overnight, these second-generation citizens were stripped of their official duties - simply because they looked like the enemy. On the mainland, 120,000 innocent men, women and children were rounded up and swept into remote internment camps, where they would remain behind barbed wire for the duration of the war. Determined to prove their loyalty, the discharged Hawaiian Territorial Guardsmen of Japanese descent successfully petitioned the U.S. government to allow them to serve. These 1400 Hawaiian Nisei (second-generation Japanese-Americans) became the 100th Infantry Battalion. In July 1943, after rigorous training, they were sent to North Africa, then Italy. Fiercely courageous, they suffered so many casualties the 100th was soon dubbed the "Purple Heart Battalion." In June 1944, they were joined by the 442nd - comprised of Nisei volunteers from the internment camps and Hawaii - and proceeded to liberate five towns in Northern Italy. That September, they were shipped to Southern France and freed three more towns, before being recruited for what would become one of the top ten most important battles of World War II - the impossibly-dangerous rescue of the Texas "Lost Battalion." Two hundred and seventy-five men of the Texas' 36th Division had been trapped for more than a week on a high plateau in France's Vosges Mountains, surrounded by 7000 experienced German soldiers. Allied planes tried dropping them food and ammo, but the supplies kept rolling out of reach down the ridge. When attempts by much larger regular-Army units failed to break through, the 100th/442nd was ordered to finish the job. Though their ranks were already decimated and the Nisei were unimaginably exhausted, they spent four days and nights in brutal uphill hand-to-hand combat - while suffering frostbite and trench foot so severe they could hardly walk. The Nisei saved 211 out of the 275 Texans, but suffered more than 800 casualties of their own. During two years of combat, their extraordinary valor resulted in an unparalleled 21 Medals of Honor, 9486 Purple Hearts, eight Presidential Citations, 53 Distinguished Service Crosses, 588 Silver Stars and 5200 Bronze Star Medals - making them the most decorated unit of their size and length of service in American military history. The 100th/442nd as seen through the eyes of the men who lived it.
Written by Only The Brave Movie

Mark Dacascos.....Steve "Zaki" Senzaki
Directed by ..... Lane Nishikawa

初観賞日：2008/05/31
"ONLY THE BRAVE" 　とうとうスクリーンの前にDVDで見てしまいました。内容については、ネタバレになってしまう？（というか、殆どストーリー分かっちゃってますが。。。）ので言及しませんが、重いだけではなく一抹の明るさがあって良かったと思います。
皆笑顔が明るいんですよね。個人的には、そこが一抹の明るさかなーと思っています。
特にマークは前半、カードをしているときに見せた笑顔が今まで見た事ないような笑顔で驚いてしまいました。男連中（失礼）の中だと、あんな笑顔するんですねぇ。女性の前では見せないかも。＾＾
少年のような、思いっきりな笑顔でした。

＊なお、このDVDはAmazonなどでの一般売りはしていません。Only The Brave事務局などでの限定販売です。

Mark's Role:
ハワイ出身日系二世兵士の一人。ザキ。

マーク「だけの」見所というのがあまりなかったのがファンとしては残念。
まあ、ファンの戯言は置いておいて、この物語はヨーロッパ戦線の一部（フランス）だけ取り上げてるので、できればこの442部隊が軍隊に投入されるところから見たかったですね。シリーズでもいいので。もしもテレビシリーズになったりするんだったら見たいなあと思います。

準備中

★★☆☆☆　

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