The Dawn of Freedom
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.
Gerardo de Leon
Yutaka Abe
Casts & Crew
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Ichirô Tsukida
Haruo Tanaka
Heihachirô Ôkawa
Leopoldo Salcedo
Satoshi Komori
Fernando Poe
Also Directed by Gerardo de Leon
A man who loves to travel, travels to an island where a mad doctor is creating zombies.
A trilogy featuring Nora Aunor giving life to the stories of 3 women: Fe - an emerging movie Superstar who has an invalid husband, Esperanza - a young wife living in a middle class neighborhood in the city & Caridad - a young novice who was seduced by the devil himself.
Arturo (Cesar Ramirez) neglects the social life of his wife, who, in turn, is driven to the company of another man.
Acting as a local chieftain leader on behalf of his ailing father, Herman made a relentless call to his people to unite and help build the road to transport their goods when the government falls deaf on their petition to do the project. His call at first was responded hesitantly by his people but with the help with his former girlfriend Nita, people heeded the call and helped with the road construction. With Ofelia making amends with her father and saying sorry to her teacher, the movie ends with Herman and Nita realizing their dreams.
This movie captures the core and colorful saga of the famous Ilocano hero Diego Silang.
Living in bliss since their marriage, Fredo and Dyesebel are expecting their first child. Meanwhile, Betty who became a mermaid vowed to avenge herself waits for an opportunity to carry out her revenge.
Great Gerardo de Leon fantasy, about a legendary bandit and his python-guarded treasure trove.
This is the story of millions of Filipinos for them to live a life of penury.
The biggest anti-crime picture of the year.
The Ifugao tribe’s quest for the promised land is paved with good intentions.
Also Directed by Yutaka Abe
Adaptation of the novel by Bunroku Shishi.
Japanese drama film.
Directed by Yutaka Abe.
A narrative depicting the appearance of soldiers scattered in Rabaul during the Pacific War. The original work of Yoshinori Matsuura was dramatized by Toyama Tetsu of “Smuggling of the Body”, also directed by Yutaka Abe, and Shigeyoshi Mine of “Densuke's Propaganda” was in charge of the shooting. The main performers are Michitaro Mizushima of “Smuggling of the Body”, Ryoji Hayama of “The Sorrowful Garden”, Shoji Yasui of “The People of Okino”, Shiro Osaka of “Lonely Man”, “Tetsuji Kawakami Story 16” In addition to Hiroshi Nihonyanagi, Shinsuke Maki, Isamu Kosugi of the "Hunger Soul", Ko Mishima, Satoshi Nishimura, Saburo Hiromatsu, Hiroshi Kondo and others.
The film was produced during Second Sino-Japanese War, before the Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941. The film mainly concerns the training of newly-recruited pilots and their daily life, then their subsequent fighting experiences in China. Army supported the production, providing all the authentic airplanes, training and actual actions. They even provided the older biplanes disguised as Chinese fighter planes. Obinata plays the trainer-turned-combat-leader, who is passionate and cool at the same time. All his boys love him, of course. The film is not as intense, full of sugar-coated camaraderie, until young pilots are killed in action one by one. Last twenty minutes are fairly grim, as the message of self-sacrifice is heard loud and clear.