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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. Pages in category "Japanese occupation of the Philippines films"
The Battle of Hong Kong Honkon kōryaku: Eikoku kuzururu no hi (香港攻略 英国崩るゝの日) (Chinese: 香港攻略), also known as The Day England Fell, is the sole film made in Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945. [2] The 1942 film was produced by the Japanese Dai Nippon Film Company, was directed by Shigeo ...
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.
The Japanese were preparing for a last-ditch battle with American forces advancing on Manila. From January 1942 until March 1945, 390 total deaths from all causes in Santo Tomas were recorded, a death rate about three times that of the United States in the 1940s. People over 60 years old were the most vulnerable.
In 1945, after the defeat of the Japanese Empire in World War II, Taiwan placed under the control of the Republic of China with the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender. [9] The experience of Japanese rule, Kuomintang rule , and the February 28 Incident of 1947 continues to affect issues such as Retrocession Day , national and ethnic ...
The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong ended in 1945, after Japan surrendered on 15 August 1945. [ 6 ] [ 56 ] [ 57 ] Hong Kong was handed over by the Imperial Japanese Army to the Royal Navy on 30 August 1945; British control over Hong Kong was thus restored. 30 August was declared as " Liberation Day " (Chinese: 重光紀念日 ), and was a ...
For example, the price of rice increased from $5 per 100 catties (about 60 kg or 130 lb) to $5,000 by the end of the occupation between August and September 1945. The Japanese issued ration cards, also known as "Peace Living Certificates", [10] which were very precious to the people at that time, to limit the amount of resources distributed to ...
Akira Kurosawa's first film Momotarō no Umiwashi: Mitsuyo Seo: Propaganda Animation: 1944: Army: Keisuke Kinoshita: Chishū Ryū, Kinuyo Tanaka: Drama: Miyamoto Musashi: Kenji Mizoguchi: Chojuro Kawarasaki, Kinuyo Tanaka: Jidaigeki [3] The Most Beautiful: Akira Kurosawa: Ichirō Sugai: Propaganda drama: 1945: The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's ...