The Encounter

Episode aired May 1, 1964
TV-PG
25m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

1.9K

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George Takei in The Twilight Zone (1959)

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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.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.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
- Martin Goldsmith
- Rod Serling
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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

1.9K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Robert Butler
Writers
- Martin Goldsmith
- Rod Serling
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Neville Brand

Fenton

George Takei

Arthur Takamori…

Rod Serling

Narrator
(uncredited)
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Director
- Robert Butler
Writers
- Martin Goldsmith
- Rod Serling
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Trivia
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.

Goofs
Arthur's beer is alternately upright and upside-down between shots. Also, the beer cans in the carton are packed alternately upside-down and right side up; and despite having visible pull tabs on their tops, the upside-down cans are opened with a can opener.

Quotes
[last lines]
Narrator: [Closing Narration] Two men in an attic locked in mortal embrace. Their common bond and their common enemy: Guilt - a disease all too prevalent amongst men, both in and out - of The Twilight Zone.

Connections
Featured in To Be Takei (2014)

Soundtracks
Twilight Zone Theme
(theme song)
Composed by Marius Constant
(seasons 2-5)

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9/10

The Sword Will Avenge Me

Neville Brand & George Takei play Mr. Fenton & Arthur Takamuri, two men in an attic ostensibly to clean it up, but in reality are playing out the climax of a twenty year-old curse involving a samurai sword that Fenton brought home as a souvenir from World War II, feeling guilty about it, but unable to get rid of. Arthur harbors guilt about his father's involvement at Pearl Harbor, feeling him a traitor. Both men will settle this dispute at a high cost indeed... Controversial episode is seldom aired, which is a shame as it tells a mesmerizing story of guilt and atonement. Both actors are superb, and it all leads to a stunning, thought-provoking end. In serious need of re-appraisal.