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The Encounter

The Encounter

1964TV Episode⏱️ 25mTV-PG
DramaFantasyHorrorMysterySci-FiThriller
7.1
IMDB Rating
2,106 votes

Post-WWII Hawaii. Two men of once-opposing races are stuck in an attic full of war trophies, including a samurai sword waiting to dutifully avenge its slain master.

Director
Robert Butler
Writers
N/A
Stars
Neville Brand, George Takei, Rod Serling
Release Date
May 1, 1964
Language
English, Japanese
Country
United States
💬 34
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Neville Brand
Neville Brand
as Fenton
George Takei
George Takei
as Arthur Takamori
Rod Serling
Rod Serling
as Narrator

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Production
Cayuga Productions, CBS Television Network

🏷️ Keywords

controversial episodekatanaatticgardenerbeer

🎯 Categories

DramaFantasyHorrorMysterySci-FiThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Hell - not in the Pacific - but in an attic
by searchanddestroy-12025-07-01

"Or four years before John Boorman's HELL IN THE PACIFIC, this brilliant, powerfiul story shows us a scheme never evoked before in the TZ tv show. The war in pacific and more precisely the relation between Americans and Japaneses regarding of this the conflict. A subtle and intelligent angle used here. There is no evil, no good characcter, that's what I love here, in this episode that I totally forgot. And any movie buff already knows that actor Neville Brand was himself the most decorated American soldier during WW2, after Audie Murphy, but the latest never fought in the Pacific, onl..."

💡 Did You Know?

Taro "Arthur" Takamori says he was four years old when the Pearl Harbor attack happened, just like George Takei who plays him. Takei was imprisoned with his family in a United States internment camp after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He went on to write a Broadway play about the experience.

📖 Synopsis

Post-WWII Hawaii. Two men of once-opposing races are stuck in an attic full of war trophies, including a samurai sword waiting to dutifully avenge its slain master.