Hell to Eternity

The story

Based on the story about Guy Gabaldon, a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese-American foster family. After Pearl Harbor, his foster family is interned at the Manzanar camp for Japanese Americans, while he enlists in the Marines, where his ability to speak Japanese becomes a vital asset. During the Battle of Saipan, he convinces 800 Japanese to surrender after their general commits suicide.

Cast & crew

Jeffrey HunterGuy Gabaldon

David JanssenSgt, Bill Hazen

Sessue HayakawaGeneral Matsui

Vic DamoneCpl. Pete Lewis

George TakeiGeorge Une

Reiko SatoFamika

Patricia OwensSheila Lincoln

Richard EyerGuy - as a Boy

John LarchCapt. Schwabe

Bill WilliamsLeonard

Michi KobiSono

George Shibata

George ShibataKaz Une