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51. When Taekwondo Strikes (1973)
R | 95 min | Action, War, Drama
During the Japanese occupation of Korea in the 1930's, the leader of a small resistance movement attempts to get information to sympathizers in China.
Director: Feng Huang | Stars: Angela Mao, Jhoon Rhee, Carter Wong, In-shik Hwang
Votes: 280
52. The Longest Hundred Miles (1967 TV Movie)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, War
During the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, an assorted group of refugees, including an American soldier, an Army nurse, a priest and a group of local children, try to make their getaway aboard a rattletrap, creaky bus.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Doug McClure, Katharine Ross, Ricardo Montalban, Ronald Remy
Votes: 229
53. The Portrait (2017)
TV-PG | 124 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In a musical tale about standing together against materialism, two impoverished sisters anguish over whether or not to sell a painting, the final masterpiece by their recluse father. A ... See full summary »
Director: Loy Arcenas | Stars: Joanna Ampil, Rachel Alejandro, Paulo Avelino, Sandino Martin
Votes: 151 | Gross: $0.08M
54. The Highest Honor (1982 TV Movie)
R | 144 min | Drama, War
The true story of a daring raid on Japanese-occupied Singapore Harbour by Australian and British troops during WWII.
Directors: Peter Maxwell, Seiji Maruyama | Stars: John Howard, Atsuo Nakamura, Stuart Wilson, Steve Bisley
Votes: 168
55. The Hundred Regiments Offensive (2015)
111 min | History, War
The Japanese has invaded far into china, defeating the Kuomintang (KMT) soldiers many times and pushing them back into Central China. There was a general sentiment among anti-Japanese ... See full summary »
Directors: Haiqiang Ning, Yuzhong Zhang | Stars: Guoqiang Tang, Wufu Wang, Zeru Tao, Zhibing Liu
Votes: 114
56. Purple Butterfly (2003)
R | 127 min | Drama, History, War
Cynthia is a young Chinese woman in love with Itami, a Japanese man about to be sent home for military service.
Director: Ye Lou | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Tôru Nakamura, Ye Liu, Yuanzheng Feng
Votes: 1,346 | Gross: $0.02M
57. Leftenan Adnan (2000)
127 min | Biography, Drama, History
This film is about a Malaysian soldier, Lieutenant Adnan Saidi, who fought bravely against the Japanese Imperial Army during World War 2.
Director: Aziz M. Osman | Stars: Hairie Othman, Umie Aida, Faizal Hussein, Wahid Senario
Votes: 186
58. Eternal Wave (2017)
100 min | Action, Drama
The year was 1930, when Shanghai is known as the Paris of the East with a thriving economy. However, behind the glamorous songs and dances, cruelty and terror gets out of control. From the ... See full summary »
Director: Siu-Hung Chung | Stars: Aaron Kwok, Zanilia Zhao, Hans Zhang, Simon Yam
Votes: 129
59. Three Years Without God (1976)
TV-14 | 124 min | Drama, Romance, War
A woman falls in love with a Japanese soldier during the Japanese Occupation in the Philippines; the whole town turns against her.
Director: Mario O'Hara | Stars: Nora Aunor, Christopher De Leon, Bembol Roco, Orlando Nadres
Votes: 496
60. Dai Nippon teikoku (1982)
180 min | Drama, History, War
Favorable portrayal of Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, who approved of the bombardment of Pearl Harbor, as a patriot. The film is a jingoistic defense of Japanese imperialism.
Director: Toshio Masuda | Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Teruhiko Aoi, Tomokazu Miura, Masako Natsume
Votes: 55
61. The Fists of Vengeance (1974)
90 min | Action, Adventure
Chinese mine workers are being cruelly suppressed by the Japanese, and a Chinese officer is sent to the scene. In an effort to hide the evil truth, the East Asia society decides to hire a ... See full summary »
Director: Hung-Min Chen | Stars: Yasuaki Kurata, Pin Chiang, Barry Chan, Hsin Tang
Votes: 36
62. The Bataan Death March (2000 TV Movie)
Documentary
An oral history of the shocking abuse inflicted on US and Filipino POWs as their Japanese captors marched them day and night without food or medicine for over 50 miles. We follow one survivor as he returns to Bataan for the first time.
Director: J.V. Martin
Votes: 8
63. Dugo ng bayan (I remember Bataan) (1946)
Drama, War
A humble tribute to the Filipino Soldiers: the authentic story of a people fit to live because they were not afraid to die.
Director: Fernando Poe | Stars: Fernando Poe, Patricia Mijares, Guillermo Chavez, Zony Quizon
64. Little Superman (1974)
101 min | Action, Drama
World War II Japan...the Japanese military learn that the Chinese government has stolen some secret military plans and that they will attempt to send them to Hong Kong via Macau. When a ... See full summary »
Director: See-Yuen Ng | Stars: Siu-Lung Leung, Yuan-Shen Huang, Chin Hu, Seok-hoon Nam
Votes: 96
65. Panaghóy sa subâ: The Call of the River (2004)
120 min | Drama, Romance, War
The story is set in Bohol, Central Visayas during World War II before, during, and immediately after, the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines.
Director: Cesar Montano | Stars: Cesar Montano, Juliana Palermo, Jacky Woo, Philip Anthony
Votes: 66
66. Ako si Ninoy (2023)
120 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The film chronicles the life and tragic death of Philippine's national hero, former Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Simeon Aquino Jr.
Director: Vince Tañada | Stars: Juan Karlos Labajo, Sarah Holmes, Bodjie Pascua, Johnrey Rivas
Votes: 241
67. The Anarchists (2000)
104 min | Action, Thriller
A groups of Korean anarchists in 1920s China are determined to overthrow the military and government.
Director: Yong-sik Yu | Stars: Jang Dong-gun, Kim Sang-jung, Jeong Jun-ho, Lee Beom-su
Votes: 313
68. A Place in Hell (1969)
107 min | War
After the U.S. defeat in the Philippines, Madison leads a rag-tag group of U.S. soldiers against the Japanese occupiers. In this WW II drama, the Japanese set an island trap for the American troops.
Director: Giuseppe Vari | Stars: Guy Madison, Maurice Poli, Hélène Chanel, Sandro Pizzochero
Votes: 126
69. Invisible City (2007)
58 min | Documentary
Director Tan Pin Pin examines the lost and forgotten archives of pre-1965 Singapore.
Director: Pin Pin Tan | Stars: Cheow Thia Chan, Ai Hua Chua, Marjorie Doggett, Tomoko Fuwa
Votes: 15
70. Fists of Vengeance (1972)
88 min | Action
Yan Zi Fei and Guan Yue Hua are returning home in love and plan to tell their parents but once they arrive back they find that there is a conflict between the two families. Guan Fun Lin is ... See full summary »
Director: Il-Ho Jang | Stars: Li Ching, Yun Ling, Lily Li, Kwok-Kuen Chan
Votes: 88
71. Fung lau yuen gwai (1984)
84 min | Horror
A woman is raped and murdered during World War 2. Forty years later she returns to haunt her persecutors from the Tao Tao Mansion. A professor and his family move into the house, only to have the spirits take their son.
Directors: Chun Keung Chiu, Tai-Heng Li | Stars: Tony Liu, Wai Yee Chin, Mabel Kwong, Kuan-Chung Ku
Votes: 64
72. Baril sa baril (1961)
Action, Drama, Thriller
Once they were bound by ties stronger than friendship--but now they speak only with guns.
Director: Armando Garces | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Joseph Estrada, Perla Bautista, Bella Lopez
73. Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure (2001)
113 min | Action, Drama, War
Aging Carmelo likes telling his grandson, Jobert about his youth in the Philippines. Jobert especially likes the stories about Carmelo's time in World War II, where he helped bury the ... See full summary »
Director: Chito S. Roño | Stars: Armando Goyena, Danilo Barrios, Albert Martinez, Bb Gandanghari
Votes: 57
74. Boksingera Daw! (1956)
Comedy, Drama
They called her "BOKSINGERA" - rough, tough, but in reality, chicken-hearted.
Director: Octavio Silos | Stars: Susan Roces, Luis Gonzales, Dolphy, Panchito
75. Hei yu da tao wang (1982)
97 min | Action, Thriller, War
A group of men escape a prison camp during the Japanese invasion of China. It's up to them to fight their captors and take back their homeland.
Directors: Kang Cheng, Peng Tien | Stars: Peng Tien, Hui-Shan Yang, Pu-Liao Hsu, Yun Ling
Votes: 14
76. Horror in the East (2000 TV Movie)
PG | Documentary, War
An examination of atrocities and depredations committed by Imperial Japanese military forces, from 1931 to 1945.
Stars: Edward Herrmann, Samuel West
Votes: 231
77. Rose de Bokor (1969)
70 min | Drama
Director: Norodom Sihanouk | Stars: Norodom Sita Forsinetti, René Laporte, Or Pho, Sisowath Poracsi
Votes: 9
78. Victory Joe (1946)
97 min | Drama
A comedy of errors where two military officers, one an American (Art Cantrell), the other a Filipino (Rogelio de la Rosa) vie for the love of a pretty country girl (Norma Blancaflor). ... See full summary »
Director: Manuel Silos | Stars: Rogelio de la Rosa, Norma Blancaflor, Art Cantrell, Jose Cris Soto
79. Concerto (2008)
Drama, History, Music
Concerto is about how, in the last part of World War II, a special piano concert is held in the forest outside Davao City, in Mindanao. In these boondocks, a displaced Filipino family, lead... See full summary »
Director: Paul Alexander Morales | Stars: Ynna Asistio, Meryll Soriano, Jay Aquitania, Shamaine Buencamino
Votes: 13
80. Tamarind (2008)
6 min | Short, Drama
Two people connect over the sweet and sour taste of tamarind and try to forget the past.
Director: Rio Puertollano | Stars: Karenina Gonzales, Raul Villafranca
81. Ang mangliligpit (1968)
Action, Drama, War
Alex returns to a place familiar with a plot to rid of Japanese sympathisers.
Director: Pablo Santiago | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Jose Romulo, Victor Bravo, Manolo Robles
82. Capas (1949)
Action, Drama, War
An action picture set during the dark years of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II. The story centers around characters that survived the infamous 'Death March' ... See full summary »
Director: Gregorio Fernandez | Stars: Leopoldo Salcedo, Celia Flor, Teody Belarmino, Eusebio Gomez
83. Fu shih kuang ying (2005)
105 min | Drama, Romance
A fine art restorer discovers a famous painting from decades ago that triggers her curiosity about the deceased painter and his life.
Director: Yu-Shan Huang | Stars: Ding-ya An, Chih-yu Chang, Huei-Wun Chang, Janine Chun-Ning Chang
Votes: 10
84. A Nation Is Born (1947)
20 min | Documentary, Short, History
This RKO short, part of the "This is America" series, details (as much as possible in a 20-minute short) the transformation, following World War II, of the Philippine Islands, from a ... See full summary »
Director: David Griffin | Stars: Raoul De Leon, Douglas MacArthur, Thomas Briggs
Votes: 7
85. The Public Cemetery Under the Moon (1967)
87 min | Horror, Thriller
The kisaeng (korean geisha) Wol-ha marries Kim Han-su, but soon dies because of a false accusation made up by her husbands mother and her servant. Now the ghost of Wol-ha wants revenge!
Director: Cheol-hwi Kwon | Stars: Kum-Bong Do, Hae Hwang, Ae-ran Jeong, Mi-ae Kang
Votes: 95
86. Xiao yao fang (1973)
82 min | Action
The Japanese plan on taking over China, and on their way attempt to take over a town in which Chan (Cheung Lik) lives. Chan and his small band of Chinese loyalists take on the evil Japanese... See full summary »
Director: Stanley Wing Siu | Stars: Lik Cheung, Chui Meng, Lau Chan, Shao-Hung Chan
Votes: 26
87. My Sweet Memory (1977)
99 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Pei-Cheng Chang | Stars: Ching Lee, Hsiu-Shen Liang, Hsiao-Pao Ko, Lan-Hsi Liu
88. Tie xue Kunlun guan (1994)
War
In January 1940 the Chinese army turns back the Japanese at the battle of Kunlun Pass.
Director: Guangyuan Yang
Votes: 18
89. Ma Lan fei ren (1973)
91 min | Adventure
Director: Shan-Hsi Ting | Stars: Ivy Ling Po, Jung Wang, Chin-Chu Chen, Fu-Hsiung Cheng
Votes: 12
90. Magiting at pusakal (1972)
Action
HELL BREAKS LOOSE AS FATE BRINGS TOGETHER THE MAGNIFICENT AND THE BAD.
Director: Augusto Buenaventura | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Joseph Estrada, Rosanna Ortiz, Jeanne Young
91. Identity (2006)
83 min | Documentary
Documentary about 3 adult video performers, searching for their identities.
Director: Tetsuaki Matsue | Stars: Hiromi Aikawa, Anna, Jitta Hanaoka, Tetsuaki Matsue
Votes: 17
92. The Eric Liddell Story (2007)
Not Rated | 31 min | Animation, Short, Biography
The inspirational story of Eric Liddell, Olympic athlete and Christian missionary to China.
Votes: 22
93. Sampung labuyo (1969)
Action, War
Director: Cesar Gallardo | Stars: Dolphy, Dolphy Jr., Liza Lorena, Victor Bravo
94. Tie Zai Shao (2015– )
45 min | Action, History, Romance
Ge Shisan, Chang Erkuan and Chou Wa are three people with distinct life experiences and different personalities. They are hot-blooded ordinary soldiers of Northwest Army. They get together ... See full summary »
97. Pedro (II) (2009)
11 min | Short
It deals with man's journey back to his wife & daughter after having being captured by the Japanese.
Director: Regeene Ho | Stars: Leon Miguel, Danah Alagon, Hideto Ebihara, Mikio Makino Jr.
98. Oh madam (1965)
Drama
A man fathered a child with a Japanese woman while Korea was under Japanese control. When Korea becomes liberated in 1945, the lovers were forced to seperate and the man was unable to meet ... See full summary »
Director: Bong-rae Lee | Stars: Hye-jeong Kim, Mu-ryong Choi, Seung-ho Kim, Jeong-sun Hwang
99. Death March (1946)
Action, War
A historic portrayal of the most thrilling episode in a people's struggle for freedom and democracy amidst a reign of terror and oppression.
Director: Lamberto V. Avellana | Stars: Leopoldo Salcedo, Norma Blancaflor, Narding Anzures, Pugo