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Hell in the Pacific

Screening on Film
Directed by John Boorman.
With Lee Marvin, Toshiro Mifune.
US, 1968, 35mm, color, 103 min.
English and Japanese with English subtitles.
Print source: Irish Film Archive

In Hell in the Pacific, Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune star as a United States Marine and a Japanese Officer stranded together on a deserted Pacific island during World War II. The two men are at first hostile towards each other as they are unwilling and unable to communicate, but they eventually form a fragile and tense relationship as they try to survive the harsh conditions of the island. Gorgeous scenery serves as a magnificent backdrop to the intense performances in this unusual film.

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