Like the Go For Broke clips that we watched I really enjoyed this movie, mostly for its fast-paced plot and suspense. However, the movie still had some discrepancies, such as the Japanese immigrants. The movie seemed to only focus on the immigrants and plantation workers that were Japanese in race, and basically ignored any of the other races, such as Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, etc. But this was mostly mostly because at the time that it took place when the Japanese were at war with America. With the Japanese as the main suspect for betrayal, it was implied that there were spies within the workers themselves, and even showed them smuggling in items in preparation for the attack.
There were also a lot of stereotypical Japanese portrayal in the movie as well. For instance when they introduced Kimi-chan wearing a kimono, and used distinct "Asian-styled" music in the background whenever she was in a scene. The director also made it a point to make the house decorated with different kinds of Japanese decorations or furniture. Of course, not all houses were styled that way... but they did accurately show the house slippers they used (my grandma has some) and the fact that people enter houses without their shoes, which is still done today.
Another point of the plot that I found interesting was the marital infidelity of Roger McRae's wife, Ann, who ended up with the local doctor in the end. She knew very well that she was cheating on her husband by kissing another man but she went on ahead with it anyway, justifying that it was ok since "there was nothing between [her] and Roger anymore." Just like the movies done in the past about romance in Hawaii, it kind of draws on the idea of the visitors ditching their morals once they were away from the Mainland.
Other than that, I thought it was an overall good, "okay" movie.
