Pacific War Movies

  • 1959
    Fires on the Plain

    Fires on the Plain

    Fires on the Plain

    7.61959HD

    In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of...

    Fires on the Plain
  • 2020
    Wife of a Spy

    Wife of a Spy

    Wife of a Spy

    6.62020HD

    It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her...

    Wife of a Spy
  • 1977
    MacArthur

    MacArthur

    MacArthur

    6.21977HD

    The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by...

    MacArthur
  • 1957
    Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

    Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

    Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

    6.91957HD

    A Roman Catholic nun and a hard-bitten US Marine are stranded together on a Japanese-occupied island in the South Pacific during World War II. Under...

    Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
  • 1955
    Mister Roberts

    Mister Roberts

    Mister Roberts

    71955HD

    Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying...

    Mister Roberts
  • 1968
    Hell in the Pacific

    Hell in the Pacific

    Hell in the Pacific

    6.91968HD

    During World War II, a shot-down American pilot and a marooned Japanese navy captain find themselves stranded on the same small uninhabited island in...

    Hell in the Pacific
  • 2015
    The Emperor in August

    The Emperor in August

    The Emperor in August

    6.32015HD

    In July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration. A cabinet meeting has continued through days and...

    The Emperor in August
  • 1997
    Paradise Road

    Paradise Road

    Paradise Road

    6.41997HD

    A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp on Sumatra during...

    Paradise Road
  • 1967
    Japan's Longest Day

    Japan's Longest Day

    Japan's Longest Day

    7.11967HD

    Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the...

    Japan's Longest Day
  • 1962
    Merrill's Marauders

    Merrill's Marauders

    Merrill's Marauders

    6.21962HD

    Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind...

    Merrill's Marauders
  • 1942
    The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway

    5.81942HD

    The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox...

    The Battle of Midway
  • 1951
    Operation Pacific

    Operation Pacific

    Operation Pacific

    61951HD

    During WWII, Duke E. Gifford is second in command of the USS Thunderfish, a submarine which is firing off torpedoes that either explode too early or...

    Operation Pacific
  • 1971
    The Battle of Okinawa

    The Battle of Okinawa

    The Battle of Okinawa

    7.51971HD

    The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army...

    The Battle of Okinawa
  • 2006
    Kokoda

    Kokoda

    Kokoda

    6.22006HD

    A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.

    Kokoda
  • 2011
    Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet

    Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet

    Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet

    6.52011HD

    Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943) was the Japanese Naval commander who was given the order to attack Pearl Harbour, an order he was duty bound to...

    Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
  • 2018
    Boy Soldiers: The Secret War In Okinawa

    Boy Soldiers: The Secret War In Okinawa

    Boy Soldiers: The Secret War In Okinawa

    102018HD

    The greatest taboo of the Battle of Okinawa were Guerrilla units composed of boy soldiers. Until now, not even the Japanese people knew the full...

    Boy Soldiers: The Secret War In Okinawa
  • 1945
    Appointment in Tokyo

    Appointment in Tokyo

    Appointment in Tokyo

    5.81945HD

    Produced by the Army Pictorial Service, Signal Corps, with the cooperation of the Army Air Forces and the United States Navy, and released by Warner...

    Appointment in Tokyo
  • 1954
    Beachhead

    Beachhead

    Beachhead

    5.3131954HD

    On a Japanese-occupied island during World War II, only two soldiers remain alive after a mission attempt goes horribly wrong. Trapped on the island,...

    Beachhead
  • 1983
    Tokyo Trial

    Tokyo Trial

    Tokyo Trial

    6.41983HD

    One of the major documentaries on a specific chapter in modern Japanese history, this look at the trial of Japanese militarists accused of war crimes...

    Tokyo Trial
  • 1942
    The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya

    The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya

    The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya

    01942HD

    Japanese Navy air cadets train for the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the HMS Prince of Wales.

    The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya