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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.
Walterina Markova is a devout Catholic and elderly transvestite who lives at the Home for the Golden Gays and trains Japan-bound entertainers for a living. After watching a report by Loren Legarda on comfort women during World War II, Markova suffers an emotional breakdown and nightmares about her wartime experience.
Elena 1944 is an upcoming Philippine historical drama film directed by Olivia M. Lamasan from an award-winning screenplay by Patrick Valencia, with Enrico C. Santos as the co-writer. Starring Kathryn Bernardo , it revolves around a young Filipina woman who became a sex slave for the Imperial Japanese Army during the Japanese occupation .
The Philippines campaign (Filipino: Kampanya sa Pilipinas, Spanish: Campaña en las Filipinas del Ejercito Japonés, Japanese: フィリピンの戦い, romanized: Firipin no Tatakai), also known as the Battle of the Philippines (Filipino: Labanan sa Pilipinas) or the Fall of the Philippines, was the invasion of the United States territory of the Philippines by the Empire of Japan during the ...