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These are films set during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1942-1945) in World War II, including those based on fact and fiction.
Originally entitled Hitō sakusen (比島作戰) or Philippine Operation, it was changed to Ano hate o ute (literally "Shoot That Flag"). For the Philippines it was decided to use Liwayway ng Kalayaan ("Dawn of Freedom"). The use of Filipino and American prisoners of war as extras in the film became a matter of controversy after the end of the ...
The film, set during the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines between 1942 and 1944, tells the story of Rosario , a young schoolteacher engaged to be married to Crispin . Crispin leaves Rosario to fight the Japanese as a guerilla, and in his absence a Japanese-Filipino officer named Masugi rapes her.
Aishite Imasu 1941 (Mahal Kita) [a] is a 2004 Philippine romantic war drama film directed by Joel C. Lamangan from a story co-written with Ricky Lee, who solely made it into a screenplay. Starring Judy Ann Santos , Raymart Santiago , Jay Manalo , and Dennis Trillo , the film is a story of love, betrayal, and honour in wartime, set in the ...
The Japanese occupation of the Philippines (Filipino: Pananakop ng mga Hapones sa Pilipinas; Japanese: 日本のフィリピン占領, romanized: Nihon no Firipin Senryō) occurred between 1942 and 1945, when the Japanese Empire occupied the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II.
In December 1944, the Kempeitai massacre prisoners of war on Palawan.By 1945, American forces are closing in on the Japanese-occupied Philippines.The Japanese hold over 500 American prisoners who had survived the Bataan Death March in a notorious POW camp near Cabanatuan and subjected them to brutal treatment and summary execution, as the Japanese code of bushido viewed surrender as a disgrace.
American Guerrilla in the Philippines (released as I Shall Return in the UK) is a 1950 American war film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Tyrone Power as a U.S. Navy ensign stranded by the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in World War II. Based on the 1945 book of the same name by Ira Wolfert, it was filmed on location.
The Human Condition (人間の條件, Ningen no jōken) is a trilogy of Japanese epic war drama films co-written and directed by Masaki Kobayashi, based on the novel of the same name by Junpei Gomikawa. The films are subtitled No Greater Love (1959), Road to Eternity (1959), and A Soldier's Prayer (1961).