The Last Warrior
(1989)
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The Last Warrior
(1989)
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Gibb
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Maria Holvoe | ... |
Katherine
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| Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | ... |
Imperial Marine
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John Carson | ... |
Priest
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Steven Ito | ... |
2nd Imperial Marine
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Al Karaki | ... |
3rd Imperial Marine
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Peggy Champion | ... |
Nun
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Victoria Cooper | ... |
Nun
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Ingrid Emsley | ... |
Nun
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Pippa Duffy | ... |
Nun
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Eva Davis | ... |
Nun
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Sheryl Burton | ... |
Polynesian Girl
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The biggest Japanese destroyer "Yamato" is badly damaged in a battle and shall be repaired at a small island in the Pacific which is inhabited only by Gibb, an US American observation post, and a few aborigines with their priest. Gibb and young novice Katherine can flee, but are tracked by two Japanese soldiers. After Gibb kills one of them, the other seeks revenge in a sword duel. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
I saw this movie a couple of times on an off-brand "network" TV and I found it pretty enjoyable to watch. I would highly recomend it to any fan of war or action/war movie IF they can't find anything better to rent or IF they happen to catch it on TV or in TV Guide. The film provides a descent balance of action and suspence and a very good portrait of the main Japanesse soldier. Perhaps the films strongest asset is how balanced it is. One gets a good dose of action, history, character devolopment and plot and even if any one of these aspects are not very strong taken by itself, as a whole it makes for a very worthwhile movie experiance. It is a shame that this film hasn't gotten much attention as it is definitly a lot better than some of the flotasm floating around out there.