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Shōichi Yokoi (横井 庄一, Yokoi Shōichi, 31 March 1915 – 22 September 1997) was a Japanese soldier who served as a sergeant in the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during the Second World War, and was one of the last three Japanese holdouts to be found after the end of hostilities in 1945.
One of the last Japanese holdouts, Onoda continued fighting for nearly 29 years after the war's end in 1945, carrying out guerrilla warfare on Lubang Island in the Philippines until 1974. Onoda initially held out with three other soldiers: one surrendered in 1950, and two were killed, one in 1954 and one in 1972.
Summer Soldiers (サマー・ソルジャー, Samā sorujā) is a 1972 Japanese drama and anti-war film written by John Nathan and directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara. It follows U.S. army deserter Jim who tries to seek refuge in Japan during the Vietnam War .
Japanese films released in 1972; Title Japanese Director Cast Genre Notes Aozameta Nichiyobi: Shiro Moritani: Ruriko Asaoka, Go Wakabayashi, Akira Yamauchi — [1] Bara no hyoteki: Kiyoshi Nishimura: Yūzō Kayama, Cheng Chong, Eiji Okada — [2] Beads From a Petal: Noboru Tanaka: Rie Nakagawa — [3] Eternal Cause: Tadashi Imai: Takeo Chii ...
Japanese holdouts (Japanese: 残留日本兵, romanized: zanryū nipponhei, lit. 'remaining Japanese soldiers') were soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) and Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Pacific Theatre of World War II who continued fighting after the surrender of Japan at the end of the war.
Yokoi's Cave is the cave on the island of Guam in which Imperial Japanese Army Sergeant Shoichi Yokoi hid until he was discovered in 1972. Yokoi and several companions hid in the area for more than 25 years (since Japan's defeat in the 1944 Battle of Guam), two of them died in the cave; their remains were found in the cave after Yokoi's surrender.
Japanese actress Sei Ashina has died at age 36, her agency confirmed in a statement. Ashina was born in Fukushima in 1983. In 2007 she was cast as the Japanese lead in “Silk,” an arthouse ...
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (Japanese: 軍旗はためく下に, Hepburn: Gunki Hatameku Moto ni) is a 1972 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku.It is based on two of the stories in Yūki Shōji's Naoki Prize-winning short story collection of the same name.