Filmed entirely in Japan and surrounding waters, this Japanese-American co-production has some fine special effects created by the resourceful host-country craftsmen. Effects are about all this maudlin adventure-drama possesses; even consummate actor Widmark (with the meatiest role) seems
as wooden as a ginkgo tree. The tale deals with three members of a US Air Force rescue team, Widmark, Brynner, and Chakiris, during a storm-tossed mission at sea. The background stories of all three are shown in flashback. Chakiris has turned coward, the result of a failed rescue mission when his
helicopter precipitated an avalanche, wiping out the rescuees. Brynner, of Polish-Jap...
Released:
1964
Rated:
NR
Length:
102 mins