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Two unnamed WWII servicemen, one American (Lee Marvin) and one Japanese (Toshiro Mifune), are stranded on an uninhabited
Pacific island. The Japanese soldier suddenly discovers a military plane crash kit near his camp. The American, whose plane
it recently came from, watches him salvage the kit and confronts him on the beach. After aggressive gestures from both men,
the American notices that the Japanese has a small reservoir of drinking water and makes a dash to drink some, but is run
off into the jungle. The Japanese sets fire to the jungle, smoking out the American. After chasing him off again, he wades
out into the water to check his fishing trap. While his back is turned, the American makes another run for the drinking
water, eventually stealing some and running off. The next day, the American tries to steal more water, but is caught and
falls on the reservoir, destroying it. After escaping, he destroys the fish trap, makes noises and plays tricks on the
Japanese. After urinating on him from the cliff above, he's chased into the jungle by the infuriated Japanese, but collapses
from dehydration. The Japanese takes him prisoner, binds his arms to a log and makes him walk back and forth in the sand.
Eventually, the American escapes, surprises the Japanese and then binds him to the log and makes him walk back and forth
in the sand. After getting frustrated trying to cook a meal, the American cuts the Japanese loose so that he can do the
cooking. They cease hostilities and share chores and food from then on. Later, the American notices the Japanese trying to
build a raft. He scolds him for stealing "his" log to make the raft and for being sneaky about its construction. After
observing what a poor attempt the raft is, he gets the idea that they should build a better one together. They argue
over the design, but eventually work together and build a large raft. After setting sail and overcoming the strong waves
of the reef, they hit open water.
Days later, they come upon a new set of islands, on one of which there appears to be an abandoned base. The Japanese
takes the lead, since he recognizes it as a Japanese base. The American then spots American supplies and runs after him,
imploring any soldiers who might hear to not fire because the Japanese is his "friend". At one point, startled by running
into his friend, the American exclaims in relief, "for a moment there, I thought you were a Jap". Realizing that the base
truly is abandoned, they rummage around for useful items and luxuries, eventually finding shaving supplies, a bottle of
wine, cigarettes and an issue of Life magazine. That night, each seeing the other clean shaven for the first time, they drink
wine together, sing songs and tell each other stories, despite the language barrier. Casually, the Japanese picks up and looks
through the Life magazine and is horrified to see photos of dead and imprisoned Japanese soldiers. The American, now a little
drunk, gets upset that the Japanese isn't answering a question and the two angrily glare at one another, too upset to notice
the increasingly loud sounds of the island being shelled. The Japanese stands up and walks a few paces away and the American
gets up and kicks over the campfire. As the Japanese turns and walks back, a shell hits the building that they're in and
destroys it. In the alternate ending (available on home video releases), no shell hit occurs and the two men are shown
going their separate ways.
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Lee Marvin and Toshirô Mifune
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Director: John Boorman
Producers: Reuben Bercovitch
Released - December 18, 1968
Length - 103 minutes
Music Composers: Lalo Schifrin
Movie Distributed by Selmur Productions
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