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YAMASHITA'S / WW2 TREASURE => General Chat about WWII LOOT => Topic started by: Jackson444 on August 22, 2022, 07:48:51 AM

Title: Movies about the Japanese during WW2
Post by: Jackson444 on August 22, 2022, 07:48:51 AM

https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/21/the-twilight-world-by-werner-herzog-review-japanese-officers-infinity-war

Famed German filmmaker Werner Herzog met with Onoda in 1997 and wrote a short, semi-fictional account, The Twilight World, detailing Onodas continuation of his duties in the jungles of Lubang island, off Mindoro, almost 30 years after the war ended. But another film maker beat him to turning it into a movie: Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTOHCX5JdiQ

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/apr/17/onoda-10000-nights-in-the-jungle-review-a-captivating-tragicomedy



Also, as a side note, after hearing that there is (or was) a horde buried in Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima. I began watching Clint Eastwoods movie, Letters from Iwo Jima which details the battle that went on there and the construction of some underground tunnels, naturally, no Gold is mentioned.
 I don't believe in coincidence, and found it odd that the lady who wrote the story and screenplay for that movie is called 'Iris Yamashita'. Could she be an offspring or distant relation to the General?

Title: Re: Movies about the Japanese during WW2
Post by: admin on October 25, 2022, 12:20:01 PM

Very interesting. I'll be watching that!
TW