History Trivia / Unbroken

* BannedInChina: The film was almost banned in Japan, along with Angelina Jolie, due to the controversial outlook Japan deemed it to have toward the Japanese during World War II. This is due to the fact that the Japanese government largely tends to deny or sanitize the atrocities the government and military committed during WWII.
** Miyavi himself anticipated this and was initially reluctant to take the role, citing fear of how it would affect his career as both an actor and musician due to Japan’s view of the war. He only accepted the role after deciding it was both faithful to history and did not portray Japan in an exaggeratedly negative light.

* BannedInChina: The film was almost banned in Japan, along with Angelina Jolie, due to the [[OvershadowedByControversy controversial outlook Japan deemed it to have toward the Japanese during World War II]]; on top of the fact that the Japanese government largely tends to deny or sanitize the atrocities the government and military committed during WWII.

* BannedInChina: Ultimately subverted. The film was almost banned in Japan, along with Angelina Jolie, due to the [[OvershadowedByControversy controversial outlook Japan deemed it to have toward the Japanese during World War II]]; on top of the fact that the Japanese government largely tends to deny or sanitize the atrocities the government and military committed during WWII.

* MethodActing: Ultimately subverted. Miyavi purposefully distanced himself from the cast and crew to get a feel of how Watanabe was as a person in a shot of this, but the intensity of his role often led to him breaking down in tears or vomiting when filming particularly violent scenes and could not keep him fully immersed in the role.
** The only way he could even bring himself to do the scenes was to imagine the cast members harming his family, more specifically [[PapaWolf his children.]]

* BannedInChina: Ultimately subverted. The film was almost banned in Japan, along with Angelina Jolie, due to the [[OvershadowedByControversy controversial outlook Japan deemed it to have toward the Japanese during World War II]] and the fact that the Japanese government largely tends to deny or sanitize the atrocities the government and military committed during WWII.

* BannedInChina: Ultimately subverted. The film was almost banned in Japan, along with Angelina Jolie, due to the [[OvershadowedByControversy controversial outlook Japan deemed it to have toward the Japanese during World War II.]]

** The only way he could even bring himself to do the scenes was to imagine the cast members harming his family, more specifically [[PapaWolf his daughters.]]

* AuthorExistenceFailure: While Laura Hillenbrand, the author of the book, is alive and well, its inspiration is not. The film premiered in the United States on Christmas Day, and Louis Zamperini died in July of that year. However, Angelina Jolie showed him the final cut of the movie prior to his death.

* MethodActing: Ultimately subverted. Miyavi purposefully distanced himself from the cast and crew to get a feel of how Watanabe was as a person in a shot of this, but due to the role being a heaping dose of MeanCharacterNiceActor, the intensity of his role often led to him breaking down in tears or vomiting when filming particularly violent scenes and could not keep him fully immersed in the role.

* StarMakingRole: In spite of its mixed reception, this film officially introduced international actors Jack O'Connell (after his supporting role in the Creator/MichaelCaine thriller ''Film/HarryBrown'') and Music/{{Miyavi}} to Hollywood recognition.

* FakeAmerican: Jack O'Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, and Jai Courtney. Impressively, none of their accents slip. O'Connell even pulls off Zamperini's California-accented GratuitousItalian convincingly.

* FakeAmerican: Jack O'Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, and Jai Courtney. Impressively, none of their accents ever slip. O'Connell even pulls off Zamperini's California-accented GratuitousItalian convincingly.

* NoExportForYou: The film was almost banned in Japan, along with Angelina Jolie, due to the [[OvershadowedByControversy controversial outlook Japan deemed it to have toward the Japanese during World War II.]]