JAPANESE MILITARY MOVIE DVD DEFEATED ARMY , BURMA

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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.
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SEVERAL YEARS AGO I BOUGHT A MILITARY REFERENCE LIBRARY WHICH INCLUDED A SELECTION OF RARE WW2 ERA JAPANESE WAR MOVIES. THESE ARE PROFESSIONAL TRANSFERS OF THE ORIGINAL FILMS BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHEN ,WHERE OR BY WHOM.THEY ARE ALL RARE TITLES NEVER RELEASED IN THE WEST. THEY WERE MADE FOR JAPANESE DOMESTIC SHOW. THESE INCLUDE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION USING JAPANESE MILITARY EQUIPTMENT AND MANPOWER AND AUTHORIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND SOME GOVERNMENT MADE TITLES WHICH LEAN MORE TOWARD THE PROPAGANDA FIELD BUT STILL INCLUDE SOME RARE FILM OF JAPANESE TROOPS, WEAPONS AND BATTLE SCENES.SOME SCENES ARE OBVIOUSLY AND AMATURE IN NATURE BUT REAL BATTLE FILM IS ALSO USED.
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I DO NOT UNDERSTAND JAPANESE. I HAVE WATCHED EACH OF THESE AT LEAST TWICE. THEY ARE UNIQUE IN THEIR PERSPECTIVE AND IN THE LOOK AT REAL PERIOD UNIFORMS,WEAPONS,CUSTOMS AND MANNERS.THE TRANSLATIONS OF THE TITLES WERE DONE BY LOCAL STUDENTS SO PLEASE ,JAPANESE SPEAKING FOLKS ,FORGIVE ANY ERRORS.DISCRIPTIONS ARE ACCURATE WITH AN EYE TOWARD THE INTERESTS OF MILITARY COLLECTORS.