AUDIOVISUALS
Hatred and forgiveness

Publisher: NHK,


Title Details
  • Hatred and forgiveness
Publishers
  • [Japan] :NHK,[2014]
Descriptions
  • 1 videodisc (50 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.
Language
    Japanese
Subjects
  • Quirino, Elpidio
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines
  • War criminals -- Japan
  • War crimes -- Japan
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities
  • War crimes -- Political aspects
  • Reconciliation -- Political aspects -- Philippines
  • Reconciliation -- Political aspects -- Japan
  • Peace-building
  • Philippines -- Foreign relations -- Japan
  • Japan -- Foreign relations -- Philippines
Material Type
  • VM
  • Visual material
Place
  • Philippines
  • Japan
Location MEMORARE
Status Available
Barcode MAV-0008
Title Statement
  • Title - Hatred and forgiveness
Varying Form Of Title
  • Title proper/short title - Hatred & forgiveness
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - [Japan] :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - NHK,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - [2014]
Physical Description
  • Extent - 1 videodisc (50 min.) :
  • Other physical details - sd., col. ;
  • Dimensions - 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time
  • Playing time - 50 min.
Content Type
Media Type
Carrier Type
Summary, Etc.
  • Summary, etc. - "On a street in Manila, during the final days of World War II, a man stands devastated, holding the dead body of his baby daughter. This man was Elpidio Quirino, who would later become President of the Philippines. In the Battle of Manila, a fierce battle between Japan and the United States, ultimately resulting in 100 thousand civilian casualties, he lost his wife and three of his children. He hated the Japanese. Yet, eight years later, as President he would make a remarkable decision to grant pardons to Japanese war criminals held in the Philippines, sending them home to Japan. Why did Quirino do this against the strong wave of opposition? In a radio broadcast he explains, "I have granted pardons so that hatred against the Japanese will not remain among my descendants and the Filipino people." Through interviews with Quirino's surviving family and other witnesses of the battle, we document Quirino's inner conflict, and the division between hatred and forgiveness shown by the people of the Philippines." - NHK
Language Note
  • Language note - Japanese
Subject Personal Name
  • Personal name - Quirino, Elpidio
Subject Topical Term
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
  • Geographic subdivision - Philippines
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - War criminals
  • Geographic subdivision - Japan
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - War crimes
  • Geographic subdivision - Japan
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
  • General subdivision - Atrocities
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - War crimes
  • General subdivision - Political aspects
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Reconciliation
  • General subdivision - Political aspects
  • Geographic subdivision - Philippines
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Reconciliation
  • General subdivision - Political aspects
  • Geographic subdivision - Japan
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Peace-building
Subject Geographic Name
  • Geographic name - Philippines
  • General subdivision - Foreign relations
  • Geographic subdivision - Japan
  • Geographic name - Japan
  • General subdivision - Foreign relations
  • Geographic subdivision - Philippines