In this gripping documentary, we delve into the final moments of General Tomoyuki Yamashita's intense last stand with his 20,000 Japanese soldiers in the town of Kiangan, Benguet Province. Narrated by General Ramon Yogyog, a legendary figure from the Scout Rangers known for his daring solo ambushes and preemptive strikes, this film offers an in-depth exploration of the chaos and human drama surrounding the surrender.
As the documentary unfolds, General Yogyog provides a first-hand account of the dramatic surrender process. The Japanese forces were given a 50-meter safe passage to avoid unnecessary combat, a grim testament to the devastation that had already swept through the region. The battlefield was strewn with corpses, and the once-clear streams were tainted with the bloodshed and debris of war.
The documentary reveals the harrowing conditions faced by the surrendering troops. Many Japanese soldiers, overwhelmed and desperate, chose suicide over surrender. Those who survived were given food by local villagers, though the majority received aid from American soldiers. Amidst the surrender, a disturbing story emerged from a local resident: some Japanese soldiers, driven to the brink, turned on each other in a frenzied bid for survival.
This memoir from a Japanese civilian placed with the army in World War II offers a rare glimpse of the Japanese experience and psychology during this desperate time.
Near the end of World War II , when the Japanese military machine was crushed but still hanging on, thousands of Japanese soldiers and civilians were caught in the backlash of the war in Northern Luzon, the Philippines, where half a million Japanese perished.
This is an honest and straightforward account of defeat and death in the Philippines, described by a Japanese teacher who survived the horrible ordeal. "Several things compelled me to write this story," says Ogawa. "Since it was my record of a dangerous and fateful year in my life, I thought I should write an exact account of it for my children, an account which could be passed on to future generations."Tetsuro Ogawa
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