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[asmera321]

pilipino heart of warrios

[asmera321]

philippines never surender ( death before surender) die to die for freedon

[joebombero1]

I/ve looked for the memorial for this event that is depicted in the film but I think the event is fiction. Nobody around Balintawak seems to know anything about a memorial or a principal that was executed by flagpole during the Japanese occupation. If anyone knows anything about the memorial depicted in this film, please post info- I'll film & upload it. Btw- I found even trike drivers in Gensan speak passable English. I don't think "luft" has traveled much.

[emmthreejonny]

@joebombero1 As far as I know Andres Bonifacio never had a grandson/s of the same name fighting in WWII. He never even had children. His niece died very young. It didn't occur to me this scene was based on a recorded event I always though the execution scene is something of a representation of Japanese treatment towards Filipino civilians. It would be good to know more.

[raraicom1]

Philippines the Land of BLOOD

[Gotthebarstoolblues]

Not propaganda. Read the eyewitnessess accounts of the Jap occupation of the Philippines. I've known and talked to many of them, the Filipinos are truly our brothers and most trusted allies.

[Jalu3]

A great movie for its time

It's unfortunate that it took the sacrifice of so many Filipinos fighting for the same cause for us to be seen as Americans that we were taught we were by the Thomasites and others.

My maternal grandfather was a guerilla against the Japanese Occupation, and my wife's maternal grandfather was a member of the Philippine Division.

[antikitzel]

propaganda crap.

[emmthreejonny]

@antikitzel - I saw you put the same sentence on another user who posted this movie. Are you a mouthpiece for somebody else. Think for yourself.

[KCSteak]

@antikitzel how so?

[JohnSkookum]

@antikitzel - The Japanese are nice and tame now after their crushing loss to the American military, but in their day they were the cruelest and most racist people in the world.

[BloodofPatriots]

@JohnSkookum The world remembers the racism and cruelty of the Nazis. When compared to the Japanese, the Germans weren't even close to being as racist and cruel as the Japanese.

[wuzagi61]

In the scene where the Japanese hang the principal for not taking down the American flag, the camera pans to the left and briefly shows two soldiers pulling the ropes. My father, Luther Hahn (age 16 in 1945) is the soldier on the left. He ditched school that day to play extras at the movie studios, made $50 for the day and got to play touch football with John Wayne between shoots.

[colorblind99]

audio got a problem.

[13071113]

Este filme foi assistido por mim em 1952 e nunca mais o revi. O suspense nos minutos finais do filme é fantástico. Gostaria de poder revê-lo na integra.

[theylivema]

Bataan with Robert Taylor is another good movie.

[theylivema]

The Filipinos helped a lot of Americans and died for it on the Bataan Death March. They were tough fighters. Too bad their country is run by corrupt politicians.

[JOHNEY101]

where can i watch the whole movie

[emmthreejonny]

I think someone uploaded it here.

[kronos251]

@JOHNEY101 I just uploaded the whole movie here

[splashka]

Mga Katoto Makinig tayo!

[luftwaffe789456123]

its good to see that we filipinos are good to speak english like farmers during the World War 2 but today we sucks even a 30 yrs, old man can't understand english but only few! and all the kids can say is "what up man" "hey man" all of their word have the word "man"!

[TheRPdefender1989]

wow too much nationalism

[emmthreejonny]

It was made in '45. Filipinos then were rebuilding their lives. Its only appropriate to get our hopes up. Can you imagine what a great feeling it is to survive a world war and be on the winning side? I can not and I hope not to find out.

[weneedheroesnow]

Yes i did. We need to see that movie more frequently. See what's happening now. Our freedom could be in dire straits in the future.

[citydweller08]

does anyone know about a movie titled "BATAAN" in the end of this movie, you saw the last american manning a machine gun; sitting not in a fox hole but in his own grave.-then the credits rolled. does any one remember this movie?