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7.2/10   22 votes
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Director:
Takashi Koizumi
Writers:
Shohei Ooka (novel)
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Release Date:
1 March 2008 (Japan) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A Japanese Class B war criminal sets out to take full responsibility for the execution of American Airmen. | full synopsis
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Cast

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Makoto Fujita ... Tasuku Okada
Robert Lesser ... Featherstone
Fred McQueen

Richard Neil ... Col. Louis Rapp
Sumiko Fuji ... Haruko Okada
Masahiko Nishimura ... Hidemi Machida
Yû Aoi ... Kazuko Moribe
Yoshiko Tanaka ... Aiko Mizutani
Yutaka Takenouchi ... Narrator
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Takumi Bando ... Morisato
Alfredo Benavendo ... Judge Curtis
Mark Hill ... Lt. Corker

Jon Mitchell ... Aaron Strache
Kaori Nakayama ... Tatsuko Okada
Edward L. Papazian ... Frank O'Connor

Gregory Pekar ... Judge Cunright
Olesya Yamazaki ... Rachel McPherson
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Best Wishes for Tomorrow (USA)
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Runtime:
Japan:110 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color (35 mm version)

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2 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Contemplative viewing, 2 February 2008
9/10
Author: toro-tanabe from Shanghai, China

I watched this film - aka "Best Wishes For Tomorrow" at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. It was not what I'd expected. I thought it would be like Hart's War or A Few Good Men, but this film is an entirely different kettle of fish. It's a very reflective tale in which there are no heroics or melodrama. The story cuts between scenes from within the courtroom and scenes of Mr Okada in prison, rallying around the morale of his subordinates. The acting was first rate. I've always been a fan of Robert Lesser and Aoi 'Hula Girls' Yu. I especially liked Featherstone's defense team - Jon Mitchell was great as the assistant to the good doctor, and the Japanese co-star's English was impeccable.. The music score was wonderful and brought me to the brink of tears on a couple of occasions. Overall, this movie reminded me of a time when we as Americans could be proud in our legal system. Something which is sadly not true today.

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