Three Stripes in the Sun

Nov 23, 1955

1h 33m

★ 7.0

The Amazing Story of the Fighting Sergeant... and a Girl in a Pink Kimono!

Overview

A racist sergeant stationed in post-war Japan finds himself softening towards the children and falling for a local woman.

Genres

Drama

Romance

War

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Hugh O'Reilly

Aldo Ray

Col. William Shepherd

Philip Carey

Cpl. Neeby Muhlendorf

Dick York

Idaho Johnson

Chuck Connors

Sister Genevieve

Camille Janclaire

Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)

Heihachirō Ōkawa

Konoya

Tatsuo Saitō

Yuko

Mitsuko Kimura

Chiyaki (uncredited)

Chiyaki

Kanno (uncredited)

Takeshi Kamikubo

Satsumi (uncredited)

Tamao Nakamura

Yuko's mother (uncredited)

Teruko Ōmi

Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist. His wife Kayo works frantically from morning to night to maintain the household and bring up her two daughters with the support of Shigeru's sister Hisako and Shigeru's ex-student Yamazaki, but her husband does not return. WWII breaks out and casts dark shadows on the entire country, but Kayo still tries to keep her cheerful determination, and sustain the family with her love. This is an emotional drama of a mother and an eternal message for peace.

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