Captive Hearts (1987)

7.0/10 97 min Drama Romance

Overview

December 1944. As their bomber is shot down during a mission over Japan, Sergeant McManus and Robert, a young lieutenant, have no other choice but make a parachute jump. They are captured by local villagers and are saved from execution by Fukushima, the village elder. McManus never accepts his lot unlike Robert, who soon takes an interest in Japanese customs and rites. More, he falls in love with pretty Miyoko, Fukushima's widowed daughter-in-law.

Cast

Pat Morita

Fukushima

Chris Makepeace

Robert

Michael Sarrazin

Sergeant McManus

Seth Sakai

Takayama

Denis Akiyama

Masato

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