After the hilarious cartoon-accompanying theme song plays during the opening credits, this movie goes downhill. It's hard to believe, since the song's not that great, but it's true. So unless you really love the pairing of Jim Hutton and Paula Prentiss, you can skip this one.
Jim stars as a soldier who yearns to see action but is stuck behind a desk in Honolulu. When he gets transferred to the South Pacific, he hopes he'll have more of an adventure, but it's not exactly the case. The Japanese have surrendered months earlier, and there are no battles, interrogations, or dangerous missions. The most action he sees is the random run-ins with Paula, a girl he'd like to get to know if she'd stay in one place long enough.
There is one Japanese man on the island who still fights the Americans, though: Yuki Shimoda. Yuki's way of exacting revenge on his conquerors is to steal food from the mess hall, so even when Jim finds out he has an enemy, it's not exactly a dangerous one. With some slapstick, sex jokes, and silly situations, all in the style of 1962, it's easy to see that this movie doesn't really stand the test of time very well.
Jim stars as a soldier who yearns to see action but is stuck behind a desk in Honolulu. When he gets transferred to the South Pacific, he hopes he'll have more of an adventure, but it's not exactly the case. The Japanese have surrendered months earlier, and there are no battles, interrogations, or dangerous missions. The most action he sees is the random run-ins with Paula, a girl he'd like to get to know if she'd stay in one place long enough.
There is one Japanese man on the island who still fights the Americans, though: Yuki Shimoda. Yuki's way of exacting revenge on his conquerors is to steal food from the mess hall, so even when Jim finds out he has an enemy, it's not exactly a dangerous one. With some slapstick, sex jokes, and silly situations, all in the style of 1962, it's easy to see that this movie doesn't really stand the test of time very well.