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

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