Ano hata o ute korehidà Âru no saigo (Japanese Language: ãÂÂã®æÂÂãÂÂæÂÂ㦠ã³ã‹ÂÂãÂÂã¼ã«ã®æÂÂå¾Â) (Filipino: Liwayway ng Kalayaan) also known as Dawn of Freedom, and Shoot That Flag: The End of Corregidor is a 1944 Japanese-Filipino drama war film directed by Yutaka Abe and Gerardo de León.
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.
The film premiered in Tokyo on February 5, 1944. Originally entitled Hità  sakusen (æ¯Â島ä½Âæ°) 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.
Staff
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Japanese soldiers
Filipino soldiers and civilians
US Army and officers
Dawn of Freedom was released in DVD on January 20, 2015, by Deagostini.