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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.
Fires on the Plain (野火, Nobi) is a 2014 Japanese war film written, produced, directed, edited, co-photographed and starring Shinya Tsukamoto.The film is based on the 1951 anti-war novel Fires on the Plain, which was a semi-autobiographical work loosely based on author Shōhei Ōoka's experience in World War II.
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 ...
Pride (プライド 運命の瞬間;, Puraido: Unmei no Shunkan), also known as Pride: The Fateful Moment, is a 1998 Japanese historical drama directed by Shunya Itō.The film, based on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East of 1946–48, depicts Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo (played by Masahiko Tsugawa) as a family man who fought to defend Japan and Asia from Western ...
American Guerrilla in the Philippines: Fritz Lang: Japanese occupation of the Philippines filmed on location 1950 United Kingdom: The Angel with the Trumpet: Anthony Bushell: Drama based on Ernst Lothar novel. Anschluss, 1938. NOTE: this movie has nothing to do with World War 2 1950 United States At War with the Army: Hal Walker
Markova: Comfort Gay is a 2000 Filipino biographical coming-of-age drama film based loosely on the life of Walter Dempster Jr., the last surviving Filipino "comfort gay" (male sex slaves for Imperial Japanese Army) from World War II.
The noted Japanese film critic Tadao Sato points out that Funakoshi does not play his role in Fires on the Plain in the usual style of post-World War II anti-war Japanese films. He does not put on the pained facial expression and the strained walk typical of the genre, but instead staggers confused through the film more like a drunk man.
According to Ordiales, the characters in the movie were based on and inspired by the people he met in Japan. [ 4 ] Carlo Aquino, who was known for being a usual actor in family dramas and romantic comedies and being a fan of the Bourne film series, landed the role of Manuel Hidalgo when they informed that the project would contain suspense ...