Marvin was a Marine in WWII. He was wounded in action during the Battle of Saipan, during which most of his platoon were killed. He was not like the pampered Hollywood weenies of today.
Great story about America & Japan, West & East, about overwhelming cultural differences between these great nations. I like ending as it is. They shaved up and they became enemies again... because there was no more mutual danger; and because of returned feelings imposed by external factors (which are, as we see, hard to resist). Eternal damnation of humankind. This is what I call a movie. Masculine, clever, deep, entertaining, with not many dialogs unlike IMDBs250 blabbering pretentious movies.
hell in the comments i would say... i think its the longest conversation ive seen before on utube...(ancientastronomer and aussiecrickenut) down below. LOLz xD
Both actors served in the real Pacific Campaign in WW2. Lee Marvin was in the US Marine Corps and fought in the landings at Tarawa in 1943 and Saipan in 44, receiving a shrapnel wound in the buttocks during the latter. Toshiro Mifune served in the Japanese Imperial Naval Air-Force in a photographic reconaissance Unit but I don't think he flew but rather had duties on the ground.
A terrible movie, poorly constructed in every regard and entertaining only in a comical way.... A long, exasperated plot about two men (one Japanese, the other American) on an Island, who eventually become companions..The ending is abysmal to say the least and leaves little to be desired.
@aussiecricketnut ...LOL....in YOUR Opinion. Of course, we all know what "Opinions" are like don't we. They tend to resemble that Rectal-Oriface beneath YOUR Nostrils. The movie is in fact a Cinematic Masterpiece. It is
the ONLY Movie I have ever seen that illustrates the War in each Man's Mind. Allowing the viewer the opportunity to see each other from each others point of view. And probably MOST Importantly, It portrays and let's the viewer experience the true tedium of war.
@ancientastronomer Lol you are a faggot poofter. You actually enjoy this talentles piece of shit movie? I guess you and the movie has something in common then.
@aussiecricketnut And YOU are an Anally-Birthed Catholic Pediphile Priest that drools over the thought of a 7 Yr old boys cock in YOUR Mouth.And Yes, The "Movie & I do have somthing in common". It is called, Taste. Considering what these 2 Men were attempting to portray without ANY dialog between them, & The psychological-programming of Hatred toward one another by each others Gov'ts. It displays the True Heart of the Avg. Soldier, & what MEN can accomplish without the interference of Gov't.
@ancientastronomer Lol what a fail attempt to sound professional and explain a movie that is as pathetic as you are. You're a joke lol, I didn't even read half your reply because it was just rambling on about nothing and incoherent.
@aussiecricketnut The ONLY thing "Failed" in this conversation is a display of ANY reasonable Intelligence and/or ANY reasonable knowledge of the subject matierial at hand. The ONLY "Joke" here is YOUR Pathetic admission of passing judgment on somthing of which YOU freely admit to NOT Reading. Were YOU to spend 1/3 of the time academically that YOU evidently spend fondling YOURself to Gay Internet Porn, YOU might actually learn enough to critique Animated Cartoons. You may go cry now.
@ancientastronomer It's funny how you waste your time typing long sentences in a feebled attmept to seem smart. We all know you are the cock hungry down syndrome faggot here lol.
Hey did I hurt your feelings? You seem quite aggressive you stupid prick. Hahahahaha
@ancientastronomer Oh, and my critiques are a lot more accurate than yours you semen swallowing cunt. I suppose you like Brokeback Mountain as well as Hell in the Pacific? Did you want to fuck the japanese guy in the film you sick piece of shit?
@aussiecricketnut ...LOL...Unlike YOU and YOUR Types, I Cannot accurately comment or critique "Brokeback Mountain". Not only have I never screened it, I adimantly refuse to financially support those whom push the agenda of which it endorses & YOU live....Moron
@ancientastronomer Lol what? What do you mean my types you cock fucking fag? You're the one who loves shit movies. Stop twisting the story kid. Brokeback Mountain was your fav right?
@ancientastronomer And another thing, next time you comment on my profile you filthy piece of shit, make sure comments are enabled on your profile. Otherwise it makes you look pretty fuckin cheap.
@ancientastronomer Yeah you're a pathetic little fucker. Disabling my access lol you think I don't know how to do it? I didn't bother, you weren't worth the effort..As for intelligence...Why don't you check the spelling of intelligent dickhead? LOL. Illiterate pig.
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It been so long since i saw this movie, back in early 80's and still remember when lee marvin asked him why dont you believe in god? and he wouldnt answer lol. They couldnt get along too well, but make a great gay couples.
Yeah I just saw this film, its great except for the last 10 seconds of the film. In fact its one of the best films I've seen recently with one of the worst endings I've ever seen. I can't believe the director wanted that ending, it must have been changed due to studio pressure or something.
Actually I would have preferred the director's original vision
"The present ending of Hell in the Pacific is greatly at odds with director John Boorman's original vision, in which the Japanese officer angrily kills two Japanese soldiers who have come across the American and decapitated him. As it now stands, viewers are left with an explosive "lady or the tiger" denouement. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide"
I guess you'd prefer an obviously tacked on ending, in which the two actors have no reaction to the building up of bombing sounds in the background, due to the fact that they were never intended, then mid scene the frame freezes, shakes despite the fact that it's a still image, then cuts to a bob the builder-esque model building that is blown up by a cherry bomb. Well, whatever floats your boat.
@GunsWillStopYou Lol, your standards must be pretty low if you enjoyed the ending. Normal people wouldn't accept this as a conclusion to a film, to be honest, a parade down main street would probably be no less ridiculous..
What, you still here? I thought you were too busy sucking your dad's cock to answer. It will be better if you just kept sucking his cock. You might get some extra sucking energy from the cum too.
The end was great,I saw in about 1971 when I was 8, it was extra ordinary for an Irish boy protected from eveything, yes, even the Beatles were frowned upon by my right wing religious nutter parents. I completely forgot the end until I saw it again about five years ago, I have since more or less frgotten again.Lee is a fantastic film star as opposed to a fantastic actor. By the way , what is wrong with this CocK Out character, sex change gone wrong again, well I suppose it could have been human
This is like the movie Enemy Mine, except real...
repdale 1 month ago
Marvin was a Marine in WWII. He was wounded in action during the Battle of Saipan, during which most of his platoon were killed. He was not like the pampered Hollywood weenies of today.
kurthanson2005 2 months ago
This is one of those simple common sense bullshit- free movies I jump to when I switch channels.
Kelly14UK 5 months ago
omg i love this movie so much and the ending is soo good. it just shows how stupid war is
GaBaGaBa2000 6 months ago
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Great story about America & Japan, West & East, about overwhelming cultural differences between these great nations. I like ending as it is. They shaved up and they became enemies again... because there was no more mutual danger; and because of returned feelings imposed by external factors (which are, as we see, hard to resist). Eternal damnation of humankind. This is what I call a movie. Masculine, clever, deep, entertaining, with not many dialogs unlike IMDBs250 blabbering pretentious movies.
guzicaguzica 1 year ago
I always have wondered if Mifune and Marvin utilized their own experience in WW2 for these characters
prinznevsky 1 year ago
hell in the comments i would say... i think its the longest conversation ive seen before on utube...(ancientastronomer and aussiecrickenut) down below. LOLz xD
IIIIN3ROOIIII 1 year ago
This is what enemy mine was derived from
MissLaurie40 1 year ago
great film superb actors and excellent music
drchepa 1 year ago
I wish I had the balls to fight on iwojima
boosted98gst 1 year ago
Anyway it's a nice movie.
Ubaldo421 1 year ago
Both actors served in the real Pacific Campaign in WW2. Lee Marvin was in the US Marine Corps and fought in the landings at Tarawa in 1943 and Saipan in 44, receiving a shrapnel wound in the buttocks during the latter. Toshiro Mifune served in the Japanese Imperial Naval Air-Force in a photographic reconaissance Unit but I don't think he flew but rather had duties on the ground.
hill9868 1 year ago
Summary of Hell in the Pacific:
A terrible movie, poorly constructed in every regard and entertaining only in a comical way.... A long, exasperated plot about two men (one Japanese, the other American) on an Island, who eventually become companions..The ending is abysmal to say the least and leaves little to be desired.
aussiecricketnut 1 year ago
@aussiecricketnut ...LOL....in YOUR Opinion. Of course, we all know what "Opinions" are like don't we. They tend to resemble that Rectal-Oriface beneath YOUR Nostrils. The movie is in fact a Cinematic Masterpiece. It is
the ONLY Movie I have ever seen that illustrates the War in each Man's Mind. Allowing the viewer the opportunity to see each other from each others point of view. And probably MOST Importantly, It portrays and let's the viewer experience the true tedium of war.
ancientastronomer 1 year ago
@ancientastronomer Lol you are a faggot poofter. You actually enjoy this talentles piece of shit movie? I guess you and the movie has something in common then.
aussiecricketnut 1 year ago
@aussiecricketnut And YOU are an Anally-Birthed Catholic Pediphile Priest that drools over the thought of a 7 Yr old boys cock in YOUR Mouth.And Yes, The "Movie & I do have somthing in common". It is called, Taste. Considering what these 2 Men were attempting to portray without ANY dialog between them, & The psychological-programming of Hatred toward one another by each others Gov'ts. It displays the True Heart of the Avg. Soldier, & what MEN can accomplish without the interference of Gov't.
ancientastronomer 1 year ago
@ancientastronomer Lol what a fail attempt to sound professional and explain a movie that is as pathetic as you are. You're a joke lol, I didn't even read half your reply because it was just rambling on about nothing and incoherent.
aussiecricketnut 1 year ago
@aussiecricketnut The ONLY thing "Failed" in this conversation is a display of ANY reasonable Intelligence and/or ANY reasonable knowledge of the subject matierial at hand. The ONLY "Joke" here is YOUR Pathetic admission of passing judgment on somthing of which YOU freely admit to NOT Reading. Were YOU to spend 1/3 of the time academically that YOU evidently spend fondling YOURself to Gay Internet Porn, YOU might actually learn enough to critique Animated Cartoons. You may go cry now.
Moron.
ancientastronomer 1 year ago
@ancientastronomer It's funny how you waste your time typing long sentences in a feebled attmept to seem smart. We all know you are the cock hungry down syndrome faggot here lol.
Hey did I hurt your feelings? You seem quite aggressive you stupid prick. Hahahahaha
aussiecricketnut 1 year ago
@aussiecricketnut ...LOL...and YOU seem quiet Efeminite...LOL...Moron
ancientastronomer 1 year ago
@ancientastronomer And you seem quite the fucking retard lol.
aussiecricketnut 1 year ago
@ancientastronomer Oh, and my critiques are a lot more accurate than yours you semen swallowing cunt. I suppose you like Brokeback Mountain as well as Hell in the Pacific? Did you want to fuck the japanese guy in the film you sick piece of shit?
LOL
aussiecricketnut 1 year ago
@aussiecricketnut ...LOL...Unlike YOU and YOUR Types, I Cannot accurately comment or critique "Brokeback Mountain". Not only have I never screened it, I adimantly refuse to financially support those whom push the agenda of which it endorses & YOU live....Moron
ancientastronomer 1 year ago
@ancientastronomer Lol what? What do you mean my types you cock fucking fag? You're the one who loves shit movies. Stop twisting the story kid. Brokeback Mountain was your fav right?
aussiecricketnut 1 year ago
@ancientastronomer And another thing, next time you comment on my profile you filthy piece of shit, make sure comments are enabled on your profile. Otherwise it makes you look pretty fuckin cheap.
aussiecricketnut 1 year ago
@aussiecricketnut ...LOL...Commentary IS Enabled. I merely Disabled YOUR Access to it....LOL...Moron
...LOL...and No. It does'nt make "Me look Cheap"? But, It is just one more piece of evidence of just how much MORE Inteligent I am OVER YOU...LOL
Moron.
ancientastronomer 1 year ago
@ancientastronomer Yeah you're a pathetic little fucker. Disabling my access lol you think I don't know how to do it? I didn't bother, you weren't worth the effort..As for intelligence...Why don't you check the spelling of intelligent dickhead? LOL. Illiterate pig.
aussiecricketnut 1 year ago
@ancientastronomer Hey you know only a moron would say "moron" as many times as you have. Lol.
aussiecricketnut 1 year ago
@ancientastronomer LMFAO >.< ...I like ur comment!
IIIIN3ROOIIII 1 year ago
is that tom hanks?
benbrez116 1 year ago
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It been so long since i saw this movie, back in early 80's and still remember when lee marvin asked him why dont you believe in god? and he wouldnt answer lol. They couldnt get along too well, but make a great gay couples.
redindus69 2 years ago
Yeah I just saw this film, its great except for the last 10 seconds of the film. In fact its one of the best films I've seen recently with one of the worst endings I've ever seen. I can't believe the director wanted that ending, it must have been changed due to studio pressure or something.
kaguth 2 years ago 2
Apparently there's another ending but I'm not sure what happens in it.
feckoff83 2 years ago
@kaguth What did you expect for the ending.
A parade down main street with Mifune and Marvin in a convertable cadillac.
GunsWillStopYou 2 years ago 2
Actually I would have preferred the director's original vision
"The present ending of Hell in the Pacific is greatly at odds with director John Boorman's original vision, in which the Japanese officer angrily kills two Japanese soldiers who have come across the American and decapitated him. As it now stands, viewers are left with an explosive "lady or the tiger" denouement. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide"
kaguth 2 years ago
@kaguth Lol, that just sounds horrible. If that was the alternative ending, God help the director.
aussiecricketnut 1 year ago
I guess you'd prefer an obviously tacked on ending, in which the two actors have no reaction to the building up of bombing sounds in the background, due to the fact that they were never intended, then mid scene the frame freezes, shakes despite the fact that it's a still image, then cuts to a bob the builder-esque model building that is blown up by a cherry bomb. Well, whatever floats your boat.
kaguth 2 years ago
@kaguth One thing i think we can both agree on .
The pairing of Mifune and Marvin in this film was the greatist match in history.
i honestly believe that the casting director deserved an oscar .
GunsWillStopYou 2 years ago
Plus the paring of those actors with a great director, John Boorman is the shit. Deliverance , Zardoz, Excalibur, Emerald Forest, all classics.
kaguth 2 years ago
@GunsWillStopYou Lol, your standards must be pretty low if you enjoyed the ending. Normal people wouldn't accept this as a conclusion to a film, to be honest, a parade down main street would probably be no less ridiculous..
aussiecricketnut 1 year ago
Being alone on an island with Toshiro Mifune...yum.
lilanma 2 years ago
Yeah mate, just go duck your mums sick.
davidoffon 2 years ago
What, you still here? I thought you were too busy sucking your dad's cock to answer. It will be better if you just kept sucking his cock. You might get some extra sucking energy from the cum too.
cchj768 2 years ago
The combined badassedness of Mifune and Marvin is too much for one movie.
kevlonk 2 years ago 20
LOL I agree. Way too much for one movie.
drobin3149 2 years ago
The dumb explosion was thrown in by the studio/producers. Originally they simply put on their respective uniforms and wandered away from each other.
You're a tasteless philistine btw.
NellyNinja 2 years ago
KnoccOut12, fuck off.
cchj768 2 years ago 3
can somebody plz tell me what happened at the end of this movie? i did not understand the ending at all
VanillaGem 3 years ago
They died.
SouthStreetStudio 3 years ago
The end was great,I saw in about 1971 when I was 8, it was extra ordinary for an Irish boy protected from eveything, yes, even the Beatles were frowned upon by my right wing religious nutter parents. I completely forgot the end until I saw it again about five years ago, I have since more or less frgotten again.Lee is a fantastic film star as opposed to a fantastic actor. By the way , what is wrong with this CocK Out character, sex change gone wrong again, well I suppose it could have been human
davidoffon 2 years ago 3
Up yours jackass. If we wanted YOU'RE opinion, we wouldn't want to hear it anyway.
NCWC2 3 years ago 4
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knoccout12 give yourself a uppercut you faggot dickhead.
jatic263 3 years ago
You sir are, what is commonly known as, a moron.
BrerRabbitBDA 3 years ago 11
i really love this film i have seen 2003 it is absolutely great war film 1968 film.lovely
LAGDOW 3 years ago
2 superb actors for a very great movie!...
drchepa 3 years ago
Perfect cast for the best war film ever!
AFabula 3 years ago 2
Awesome movie!
bombalu5 4 years ago
I love this movie!
Skeezy727 4 years ago
Beautiful movie. Very human.
cesarschirmer 4 years ago 2
A beautiful movie. I never got to see the alternate ending though....
clash715 4 years ago 2
THIS WAS FILMED AT PALAU
TZOEY 4 years ago 2