Trailer - Oba: The Last Samurai (Taiheiyo no Kiseki: Fox to Yobareta Otoko)

The official website for Hideyuki Hirayama’s upcoming World War II film Oba: The Last Samurai has been updated with a full trailer.

Inspired by a novel authored by former U.S. soldier Don Jones, the film focuses on a Japanese captain named Sakae Oba, aka “Fox” (Yutaka Takenouchi) who leads on of the last remaining units in Saipan. Oba and his troops employed guerrilla tactics to hold out against overwhelming odds before finally surrendering in December 1945, 3 months after Japan had surrendered to US forces.

Other cast members include Toshiaki Karasawa, Takayuki Yamada, Tomoko Nakajima, Mao Inoue, Yoshinori Okada, Sadao Abe, Hideyuki Hirayama, and Bengal. Sean McGowan, Treat Williams, and Daniel Baldwin play American soldiers.

Toho will be releasing “Oba: The Last Samurai” in Japan on February 11, 2011.

Thanks logboy and cinemaasia.

Editor’s note: dead link removed (http://www.taiheiyo-no-kiseki.jp/)