Ano hata o ute

Ano hata o ute korehidōru no saigo (あの旗を撃て コレヒドールの最後) (Filipino: Liwayway ng Kalayaan) also known as Dawn of Freedom,[3] and Shoot That Flag: The End of Corregidor[4] is a 1943 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Yutaka Abe and Gerardo de León.

Ano hata o ute
Liwayway ng Kalayaan
The end of Corregidor
Directed byYutaka Abe
Gerardo de León
Written byYagi Koichiro, Oguni Hideo
StarringDenjirō Ōkōchi, Seizaburo Kawazu, Ichiro Tsukida, Heihachiro Okawa, Fernando Poe, Leopoldo Salcedo
Music byToshiharu Ichikawa (billed as “Kunio Kasuga”) and Fumio Hayasaka (overseas version)
CinematographyYoshio Miyajima[1]
Production
company
Toho, Tagalog Pictures
Release date
  • February 10, 1944 (1944-02-10)[2]
Running time
62 minutes[2]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Tagalog
English

Synopsis

Opening credits starts as the narrator speaking about in December 8, 1941 Japan, is accepting the challenge of the Western powers rises in arms after having had to stand by for years watching rapacious America and Britain tread upon the enslaved peoples of East Asia. Japan expeditionary forces are rushed to various places in the vast areas of Greater East Asia in order to drive out the Western powers. The first blow in the Philippines is death when Nippon warplanes raid Clark Air Base and Iba airfield on December 8.

The story of the Japanese victory at the Battle of Corregidor and the U.S. military's hasty retreat from the islands. The film presented the Japanese as Asian liberators who came to free the Filipinos from decades of colonial oppression. Sub-Corporal Ikejima (Heihachiro Okawa) helps a young boy named Toni (Ricardo Pasion), the younger brother of Capt. Garcia (Fernando Poe Sr.), to walk again after a car accident.

About the Film
Japanese movie poster for Ano hata o ute (upper) and for Kato hayabusa sento-tai.

The film was premiered in Tokyo on February 5, 1944. Originally entitled Hitō sakusen (比島作戰) or Philippine Operation , it was changed to Ano hate o ute or literally, “Shoot That Flag.” For the Philippines it was decided to use The Dawn of Freedom or Liwayway ng Kalayaan.

The use of Filipino and American prisoners of wars as extras in the film became a matter of controversy after the end of the war. [5]

Cast and Staff

Staff[6]

  • Sponsor: Ministry of Army
  • Production : Kazuo Takimura
  • Director: Yutaka Abe, Gerardo de Leon
  • Shooting: Yoshiaki Miyajima , Hiroshi Takeuchi
  • Screenplay: Yagi Ryuichiro , Oguni Hideo
  • Special Technical Director: Eiji Tsuburaya , Eizo Mitani
  • Music: Kunio Kasuga
  • Art Director: Kitao Hideo , Kitazuo
  • Editor: Toshio Goto


Cast

Japanese soldiers[6]

  • Denjirō Ōkōchi – Captain Hayami
  • Seizaburo Kawazu
  • Ichiro Tsukida – Lt. Nanoka
  • Kaizaburo Kawazu – Captain Washio
  • Fujita Shindo – Susumu
  • Ichiro Tsuneda – Lt. Nonaka
  • Nakamura Satoshi – Nakamura Iku
  • Masuki Jun – Senior officer Yamada
  • Satoshi Komori – Senior officer- Muramatsu
  • Heihachiro Okawa – Sub Corporal Ikema Ishihara
  • Tanaka Haruo – Lt. Sakuragi (military doctor)

Filipino soldiers and civilians

US Army and officers

  • Burt Leroy
  • Johnny Arville – Captain Adams
  • Frankie Gordon
  • Franco Garcia – Captain Smith
  • E.S. (Ted) Lockard – US Army men (opening scene)
  • Weldon Hamilton – Bataan surrender scene
  • Burton C. Galde – Bataan surrender scene

Availability

Dawn of Freedom was released in DVD on January 20, 2015 by Deagostini.

References
  1. Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
  2. (in Japanese) http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1944/bt000090.htm accessed 20 January 2009
  3. Baskett, Michael (2008). The Attractive Empire: Transnational Film Culture in Imperial Japan. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-3223-0., pp. 100-102
  4. https://mahimahi.uchicago.edu/admin/ceas/asset.php?assetid=0001566&titlestart=F accessed 20 January 2009
  5. http://pinoykollektor.blogspot.com/2011/10/48-dawn-of-freedom-philippine-wwii.html
  6. https://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php%3Fnum_c%3D134804&usg=ALkJrhgJ6KkrMpGuMz0Unb7hAk9utlYAlg

Article on history and analysis: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~amnornes/Dawn.pdf

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