Film

The Dawn of Freedom

19441h 2mDrama War History

Director: Yutaka Abe
Year: 1944

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.

Top cast

Denjirō Ōkōchi

Captain Hayami

Seizaburō Kawazu

Ichirō Tsukida

Lt. Nanoka

Jun Maki

Haruo Tanaka

Lt. Sakuragi (military doctor)

Tetsu Nakamura

Heihachirō Ōkawa

Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara

Leopoldo Salcedo

Captain Reyes

Satoshi Komori

Senior officer- Muramatsu

Fernando Poe

Captain Gomez

Norma Blancaflor

Rosa Aguirre

Directed by

Yutaka Abe, Gerardo de Leon

Written by

Hideo Oguni, Ryuichiro Yagi