Pacific War Movies
- 1959
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity8.21959HD
Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts...
- 1956
The Burmese Harp
The Burmese Harp7.91956HD
In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a...
- 1957
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison6.91957HD
A Roman Catholic nun and a hard-bitten US Marine are stranded together on a Japanese-occupied island in the South Pacific during World War II. Under...
- 1958
Run Silent, Run Deep
Run Silent, Run Deep71958HD
The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His...
- 1959
Fires on the Plain
Fires on the Plain7.61959HD
In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of...
- 1977
MacArthur
MacArthur6.21977HD
The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by...
- 1942
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway5.791942HD
The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox...
- 1968
Hell in the Pacific
Hell in the Pacific6.91968HD
During World War II, a shot-down American pilot and a marooned Japanese navy captain find themselves stranded on the same small uninhabited island in...
- 1962
Merrill's Marauders
Merrill's Marauders6.21962HD
Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind...
- 1951
Operation Pacific
Operation Pacific61951HD
During WWII, Duke E. Gifford is second in command of the USS Thunderfish, a submarine which is firing off torpedoes that either explode too early or...
- 1967
Japan's Longest Day
Japan's Longest Day7.11967HD
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the...
- 1954
Beachhead
Beachhead5.3131954HD
On a Japanese-occupied island during World War II, only two soldiers remain alive after a mission attempt goes horribly wrong. Trapped on the island,...
- 2011
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet6.52011HD
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943) was the Japanese Naval commander who was given the order to attack Pearl Harbour, an order he was duty bound to...
- 2015
The Emperor in August
The Emperor in August6.32015HD
In July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration. A cabinet meeting has continued through days and...
- 1971
The Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa7.51971HD
The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army...
- 2006
Kokoda
Kokoda6.22006HD
A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.
- 1944
Dear Soldier
Dear Soldier01944HD
Two Korean conscripts undergo Imperial Japanese Army training, much to the pleasure of their families.
- 1945
Appointment in Tokyo
Appointment in Tokyo5.81945HD
Produced by the Army Pictorial Service, Signal Corps, with the cooperation of the Army Air Forces and the United States Navy, and released by Warner...
- 1942
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya01942HD
Japanese Navy air cadets train for the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the HMS Prince of Wales.
- 1945
Fury in the Pacific
Fury in the Pacific5.71945HD
Documentary short film depicting American Army, Navy, Marine, Air Forces, and Coast Guard joint assaults on a Japanese-held island.