Onoda: The Man Who Hid in The Jungle For 30 Yearswww.bbc.com/culture/article/20220413-onoda-the-man-who-hid-in-the-jungle-for-30-years
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December 1944: in the final months of World War Two, a Japanese lieutenant named Hiroo Onoda was stationed on Lubang, a tiny island in the Philippines. Within weeks of his arrival, a US attack forced Japanese combatants into the jungle – but unlike most of his comrades, Onoda remained hidden on the island for nearly 30 years. The Japanese government declared him dead in 1959, but in reality, he was alive – committed to a secret mission that had instructed him to hold the island until the imperial army's return. He was convinced the whole time that the war had never ended.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @7e6e393a56 8h
This is clearly an example of a Japanese soldier, and it reminded me of a story that happened in Brazil.
After the end of World War II, an extremist group of Japanese immigrants began spreading the rumor that Japan had not lost the war. According to them, the news of the Japanese emperor's surrender in 1945 were lies spread by the Allies to undermine Japanese morale.
The belief of members of the nationalist group, called (Shindo Renmei), in their own version of reality was so strong that they murdered anyone who told the truth. The victims were other immigrants who accepted the fact that Japan had lost the war. Extremists called them "dirty hearts" and believed that they should be eliminated for the sake of love for the country. This really happened!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Nuttall 7h
This is one of my favorite movies about a Japanese soldier who was a music teacher in civilian life, became a platoon officer and later disguised himself as a monk in Bhurma.
This is in Japanese with no English subtitles but it's such a well done movie that the dialogue can be guessed and the story still gets conveyed.
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