21 Apr 2016
The Man Who Changed Okinawa
A teacher leads an unlikely team to a high school baseball championship in this sports drama. Managing a team on the verge of extinction, teacher Hiroyoshi rallies the squad on an underdog journey.
Truman
Biographical account of America's President for the latter part of WWII. Shows Truman's rise from small-town nobody to leader of the USA, his decision to use the Atomic Bomb against Japan, and subsequent election as the US' post-war President.
Top Billed Cast
Gary Sinise Harry S Truman
Diana Scarwid Bess Truman
Richard Dysart Henry L. Stimson
Colm Feore Charlie Ross
James Gammon Sam Rayburn
Tony Goldwyn Clark Clifford
Pat Hingle Boss Tom Pendergast
Harris Yulin Gen. George C. Marshall
Leo Burmester Frank Vassar
Amelia Campbell Margaret Truman
Virginia Capers Elizabeth Moore
John Finn Bob Hannagan
Zeljko Ivanek Eddie Jacobsen
David Lansbury Lt. Jim Pendergast
Remak Ramsay Dean Acheson
Marian Seldes Eleanor Roosevelt
Lois Smith Madge Wallace Gates
Daniel von Bargen General MacArthur
Winston Churchill Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lee Richardson Franklin D. Roosevelt (uncredited)
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