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Three Stripes in the Sun

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Three Stripes in the Sun

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

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Release : 1955
Rating : 6.5
Studio : Columbia Pictures, 
Crew : Art Direction,  Director of Photography, 
Cast : Aldo Ray Philip Carey Dick York Chuck Connors Heihachirô Ôkawa
Genre : Drama Romance War

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Reviews

TinsHeadline
2018/08/30

Touches You

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Colibel
2018/08/30

Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

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Beanbioca
2018/08/30

As Good As It Gets

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Guillelmina
2018/08/30

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

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sambuca62
2012/09/25

While this wasn't an Oscar movie, I enjoyed this charming film on TCM. I find Aldo Ray a very interesting actor. He defines that 40s/50s rugged charisma (John Wayne-type) that I think lends itself well to the true story of a WWII veteran being touched by a Japanese woman and Japanese orphans. I really didn't know he had romantic leading man roles even though its a bit of a stretch for him at times. The movie is sensitive in its treatment of the cultural differences between the Japanese and Americans without being demeaning or hokey. Although the musical South Pacific touched upon similar themes, this doesn't always seem to be typical of the era.Mitsuko Kimura was very good and endearing. I wonder of her acting career listed here was actually that limited. Philip Carey, Dick Sargent and Chuck Connors all were good in their supporting roles. It's kind of funny watching Chuck Connors pitch in a charity baseball game knowing he played professionally. Even though he did not pitch in the pros, it looks like he was laying off the fastball.I also find this era in post-war Japan to be fascinating. Here you see some of Osaka and the lights of downtown Tokyo from the early-50s. It's too bad this was not filmed in color because there is some beautiful scenery around the Kyoto era.Thank you to Alana O'Reilly and the Veterans here who give this story a personal face.

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Alana O'Reilly
2008/09/30

I'm writing this in reaction to some of the comments posted about this movie. Although this movie is a product of Hollywood, and therefore tends to be sickly sweet, I want to confirm that almost all of the story is true. My grandfather was nowhere near as racist as Aldo Ray's character in the beginning of the movie, but having fought in brutal conditions in the Pacific against a foreign enemy, he naturally felt great resentment against the Japanese people. Understandably, when he first arrived in Japan, he wanted very little to do with the Japanese people. However, when he first came across the devastated orphanage in Osaka, he knew immediately that he had to come to the aid of the children who were barely surviving in a war-torn nation. He did in fact steal food and medicine for the children, and started collecting donations from fellow soldiers. His efforts that had begun 60 years ago continue to this day, and the orphanage is still closely tied to the Wolfhounds. He also met and married my grandmother, Yuko, (who was the translator in the movie for the sake of the story). This movie should not just be taken at face value, but understood for its deeper meaning. My grandfather's story is just an example of the human connection between completely foreign people. People whose lives were destroyed by an unspeakably devastating war, still managed to surpass their hatred for one another, and find some peaceful middle ground.

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ksf-2
2008/09/25

Post WW II flick about soldiers in occupied Japan, helping the children of the village. Aldo Ray is sergeant O'Reilly, who starts out resenting the Japanese, but comes to appreciate them and their way of life. Dick York is O'Reilly's cohort Corporal Muhlendorf. York is one of the Dicks who will be Samantha's husband on the TV show "Bewitched", and had made only four films before this. Touching story of a soldier who befriends an orphan, and gets his outfit to help the orphans. Ray is sometimes natural in his role, and sometimes both he and York seem extra-awkward with their lines. Strong supporting roles by Mitsuko Kimura as Yuko, the interpreter, and also by Philip Carey as the all-knowing Colonel, who teaches O'Reilly several lessons along the way. One of only two films directed by Richard Murphy, who had made his mark as a Hollywood writer... and ... had just finished serving in the Air Force in New Guinea and the Philippines in 1945, so he certainly had knowledge of serving in the military in a foreign land. Ray and Carey had both also served in the military during WW II, so the cast had the right background for the post-war storyline. Solid story, if a little soapy-sudsy sweet at times.

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moonspinner55
2008/09/25

In 1949 Occupied Japan, a U.S. Army sergeant who despises the locals ultimately finds a soft spot in his heart while working with the nuns and children at a bedraggled orphanage, soon falling in love with a Japanese translator. Although this story is based upon fact, with the real-life protagonist Sgt. Hugh O'Reilly acting as technical adviser, one hesitates to swallow such a big lump of sugar. The film has been designed as a heart warmer, and yet--as bullet-chested, no-nonsense Aldo Ray plays O'Reilly--the character's complete transformation into an old softy is rather too good to be true. Ray, who got stuck in a revolving door of battle films during this period, isn't an animated actor on-screen, his personality mostly consisting of a stoic manliness; here, he strains to utilize his goofy laugh and dumb-mug smile to convince us he's just a big kid on the playground (one with love in his eyes). Ray is a decent actor, but this part would be a stretch for even the most accomplished performer. Buddy Dick York gets some second-banana laughs, Phil Carey is a by-the-books colonel whose heart eventually thaws, while the sisters and little ones are constantly around to milk the audience for the utmost treacly effect. I didn't believe a minute of it. ** from ****

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