Bridge to the Sun

I saw this movie as a teenager decades ago. As a result, I checked out the book so many times that the librarian used to automatically tell me it was back when others had it. I loved the story and never forgot it.It took me twenty years to find my own hardbound copy of the book and much, much longer to find the DVD.As an adult with many years since I saw the movie, I found it did not disappoint. James Shigeta was as handsome and well suited for the lead role of the diplomat who tried everything to avoid the war he knew was coming.His wife Gwen was an American and together they faced seemingly insurmountable odds against cultures that didn't accept either one or both.A beautiful romance with truth and reality thrown in.

Good movie; enjoyed it very much.

I first saw the trailer for this movie when I was a young high school student in the early '60s . A few weeks after I had seen the trailer, a lovely, Italian-American classmate came to me and spoke glowingly of her experience viewing the movie. Although I never got to see the movie at the time, the images of this biracial, bicultural, international relationship stuck in my mind--Now, after several decades have past I am glad that I have finally gotten a chance to experience this groundbreaking (predating Guess Who's Coming To Dinner) movie. My viewing of the movie was both moving and nostalgic in many ways. James Shigeta was admirable and distinctive in his portrayal of the Japanese diplomat. The role of Gwen and the challenges she faced was portrayed sensitively by Carroll Baker. Given the time and setting of the underlying story and production of the movie, there are many timely international and cultural nuances which can be gleaned from this film. A "bridge" to thoughtful consideration from different perspectives is always positive.

This is a good old movie! I saw it years ago and I rally enjoyed seeing it again!

If you ever wondered what it would've been like to be in an inter-racial marriage just after the war, in this case WWII and some of the hardships associated with it, or, are of Japanese and American descent this is a movie worth watching. While in my case it was the reverse, i.e., Dad was American, Mom was from Japan and they married in the early 50's while Dad was stationed in Japan during the Korean War, we faced a lot of silent and some verbal abuse as a result of their interracial marriage. What really made me like this movie was it gave some poignant depictions of what strong willed and deep love could do and so soon after a very terrible war with even the deplorable mass destruction of lives and homelands in Japan (the Atomic bombs). Kudos to the producers/directors of such an early release of this movie so soon after a disastrous war. The acting is also not that bad for that time period....

I saw this movie one lazy day when I was a kid. I was too young to understand the subtle shadings of racism in it. I just thought James Shigeta was handsome, and he was. However, I watched it again for nostalgic reasons and it was again very heart wrenching to see what these two people went through for love, especially during a time of war. I would recommend it.

I've known of this film for a while but it has not been available. It tells the story of a white woman who marries a Japanese diplomat before WWII, and then chooses to be deported to Japan with him when diplomats are sent away soon after the war begins. She thus spends those years in Japan.The victor always gets to write the histories (wouldn't it be interesting to read modern German and Japanese histories of that war?), so we've seen this from the American perspective often enough. This is another view.I suppose that a similar perspective can be seen in the wonderful film "Come See the Paradise," which shows a great deal of life in the US camps where racially Japanese people were kept during WWII, and where many of those interned were American citizens.Anyway, this is a fine film that helps balance our viewpoint of the tragedies of war. It won't stop another war but it might make us pause a bit when we take our own side.

Washington DC locations Mass. Ave, Union station, Georgetown waterfront. This film made in 1961showed the DC area using local Washington Japanese Americans as extras for some of the film. The film has love, war,peace, history, interracial marriage for its time in 1940, and based on a true story.

I ordered it, Got it on Time, and enjoyed watching it...Can't ask for anything more.

I was a teenager when I first saw this movie. It had a Hugh impact on me. It may be old and a bit corny, however it is a truely amazing story of two very different worlds and peoples.

１９８０年前後だと思いますが、NHKで「マリコ」というノンフィクション作品がありました。この映画も同じ原作がベースになっています。しかしあまりにも展開が早すぎて少し不満。

Had seen this movie when I was a teenager and it is just as powerful today

Came in good time and was exactly what was advertised