DVD. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOVIES WHICH THE JAPANESE DO NOT WANT YOU TO SEE. JAPANESE DIRECTOR KON ICHIKAWA IS THE ONLY DIRECTOR WHO HAS LOOKED AT THE FACTS OF THE ABANDONMENT OF THE JAPANESE MILITARY UNITS BY THEIR GOVERNMENT AND THEIR FATE. THIS IS THE MOVIE WHICH MADE HIM FAMOUS AND GAVE HIM THE FREEDOM TO MAKE HIS FOLLOWING EXTRAORDINARY FILM " FIRES ON THE PLAIN " WHICH TREATS THE ABANDONMENT OF JAPANESE UNITS IN THE PHILIPPINES. THIS MOVIE MADE IN 1956 TELLS THE STORY OF THE JAPANESE UNITS ABANDONDED IN BURMA WITHOUT SUPPLIES OR SUPPORT. SOME REVERT TO CANNIBALISM TO STAY ALIVE AND OTHERS KILL THEMSELVES , FEW SURRENDED. B&W 116 MINUTES WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES.THIS MOVIE TELLS THE STORY OF A DESERTER WHO PRETENDS TO BE A MONK IN ORDER TO SURVIVE IN A COUNTRY TEAMING WITH ABANDONED JAPANESE UNITS , DEAD AND NEAR DEAD LEFT TO ROT IN THE FIELDS AND JUNGLE. NO COUNTRY IN HISTORY ABANDONED MORE OF ITS MILITARY UNITS THAN DID JAPAN AFTER ITS DEFEAT AND THE NEAR DESTRUCTION OF ITS NAVY IN THE BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA. A MUST SEE FOR ANY STUDENT OF JAPANESE MILITARY HISTORY OR STUDENT OF WW IN THE PACIFIC. THIS IS A JAPANESE LOOK AT THE SHAME OF JAPAN IN DEFEAT. FREE SHIPPING FOR BUY IT NOW PURCHASE.
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