AUDIOVISUALS
Dawn of freedom : [videorecording] /

Publisher: Toho Studios, | [Sampaguita Pictures] | Film Distribution Co.


Title Details
  • Dawn of freedom : [videorecording] /
Publishers
  • [Japan :Toho Studios,1944]
  • [Manila] :[Sampaguita Pictures]
  • Film Distribution Co.
Descriptions
  • 1 v.
Language
    Japanese, Tagalog, English with Japanese subtitles
Subjects
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines -- Drama
Material Type
  • VM
  • Visual material
Location RHC
Item Call Number DVD RH 0013
Status Available
Barcode 17231
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Title Statement
  • Title - Dawn of freedom : [videorecording] /
  • Statement of responsibility, etc - [production, Toho ; director, Yutaka Abe, Gerardo de Leon ; script, Hideo Oguni, Ryuichiro Yagi ; Tagalog translation, Adelwisa L. Agas Weller ; Japanese translation, A.M. Nornes]
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc - [Japan :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc - Toho Studios,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc - 1944]
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc - [Manila] :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc - [Sampaguita Pictures]
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc - Film Distribution Co.
Physical Description
  • Extent - 1 v.
Playing Time
  • Playing time - 108 min.
General Note
  • General note - Photography: Miyajima Yoshio. Special Effect: Tsuburaya Eiji, Mitsuya Eizo. Cast: Okochi Denjiro, Kawatsu Seizaburo, Nakamura Tetsu, Fernando Poe - Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival website
  • General note - "This film was made by the Japanese occupation authorities in the Philippines as a propaganda film to show the Philippine people the "benefits" of the Japanese invasion and takeover of their country." - IMDb.com
  • General note - "Although Manila was in the hands of the Japanese at the time, this national policy film was made with the participation of both Japanese and Philippine actors." - Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival website
  • General note - "I also interviewed a former POW who told the story of how POWs were used in the film ... playing American soldiers. The description should state ..... Filipino, Japanese, and American POW actors." - Bonnie Rowan, Bonnie G. Rowan Film Research
  • General note - Reproduction only
Language Note
  • Language note - Japanese, Tagalog, English with Japanese subtitles
Subject Topical Term
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
  • Geographic subdivision - Philippines
  • General subdivision - Drama