Ano hata o ute
{{Infobox film
| name = Dawn of Freedom
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|Japanese|あの旗を撃て コレヒドールの最後}}
| image = Ano hata o ute poster.jpg
| caption = Japanese theatrical release poster for Ano hata o ute
| director = Yutaka Abe
Gerardo de León
| producer =
| writer = Yagi Koichiro, Oguni Hideo
| starring = Denjirō Ōkōchi, Seizaburo Kawazu, Ichiro Tsukida, Heihachiro Okawa, Fernando Poe, Leopoldo Salcedo
| music = Toshiharu Ichikawa (billed as “Kunio Kasuga”) and Fumio Hayasaka (overseas version)
| cinematography = Yoshio Miyajima{{cite book|author=Stuart Galbraith IV|title=The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f7o8pq6G_dYC&pg=PA18|date=16 May 2008|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-1-4616-7374-3|page=56}}
| studio = Toho
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1944|02|10|ref1={{in lang|ja}} http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1944/bt000090.htm accessed 20 January 2009}}
| runtime = 108 minutes
| country = Japan
Philippines
| language = Japanese
Filipino
Tagalog
English
| budget =
}}
Ano hata o ute korehidōru no saigo (Japanese Language: 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,{{cite book | last = Baskett | first = Michael | year = 2008 | title = The Attractive Empire: Transnational Film Culture in Imperial Japan | publisher = University of Hawai'i Press | location = Honolulu | isbn = 978-0-8248-3223-0 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=lx4QfrTyvWEC}}, pp. 100-102 and Shoot That Flag: The End of Corregidor{{cite web |url=https://mahimahi.uchicago.edu/admin/ceas/asset.php?assetid=0001566&titlestart=F |title=East Asia Film Library |website=mahimahi.uchicago.edu |access-date=20 January 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} is a 1944 Japanese-Filipino drama war film directed by Yutaka Abe and Gerardo de León.
Synopsis
The opening credits start as the narrator speaks about Japan accepting the challenge of the Western powers' arms build-up 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, 1941.
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
The film 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 (literally "Shoot That Flag"). For the Philippines it was decided to use Liwayway ng Kalayaan ("Dawn of Freedom").
The use of Filipino and American prisoners of war as extras in the film became a matter of controversy after the end of the war.{{Cite web|url=http://pinoykollektor.blogspot.com/2011/10/48-dawn-of-freedom-philippine-wwii.html|title = 48. DAWN OF FREEDOM - Philippine WWII Japanese Propaganda Movie}}
Cast and staff
- 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
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Cast
- Denjirō Ōkōchi – Captain Hayami
- Seizaburo Kawazu
- Ichiro Tsukida – Lt. Nanoka
- Kaizaburo Kawazu – Captain Washio
- Fujita Shindo – Susumu
- Nakamura Satoshi – Nakamura Iku
- Masuki Jun – Senior officer Yamada
- Satoshi Komori – Senior officer Muramatsu
- Heihachiro Okawa – Sub Corporal Ikema Ikejima
- Tanaka Haruo – Lt. Sakuragi (military doctor)
Filipino soldiers and civilians
- Fernando Poe Sr. – Captain Gomez
- Leopoldo Salcedo – Captain Reyes
- Ángel Esmeralda – Lt. Garcia
- Norma Blancaflor
- Rosa Aguirre
- Ricardo Pasion – Toni (Tony)
- Gloria Romero
US Army and officers
- Bert 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 {{cite web |title=Making the Dawn of Freedom |url=https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/90891/Dawn_of_Freedom.pdf?sequence=1 |website=Deep Blue Repositories |access-date=5 April 2025}}
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Availability
Dawn of Freedom was released in DVD on January 20, 2015, by Deagostini.
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book | last = Baskett | first = Michael | year = 2008 | title = The Attractive Empire: Transnational Film Culture in Imperial Japan | publisher = University of Hawai'i Press | location = Honolulu | isbn = 978-0-8248-3223-0 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=lx4QfrTyvWEC}}
- [https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/90891/Dawn%20of%20Freedom1.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y Dawn of Freedom] - PDF.
External links
- {{IMDb title|1308096|Ano hata o ute}}
- Article on history and analysis: [http://www-personal.umich.edu/~amnornes/Dawn.pdf Dawn]
- [http://pinoykollektor.blogspot.com/2011/10/48-dawn-of-freedom-philippine-wwii.html Dawn of Freedom, Philippine, WW2]
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Category:Japanese black-and-white films
Category:Japanese occupation of the Philippines films
Category:Films directed by Gerardo de León
Category:Films directed by Yutaka Abe
Category:Films set in the Philippines