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War drama set in the closing stages of World War Two. As Allied Forces are nearing the defeat of the Japanese Army in Manila, the Japanese Empire's soldiers begin attacking innocent civilians. A brutal month-long battle ensues.
- Eddie Romero
- Nepomuceno Productions
Japan pulled all the food it could find from the country leading to mass starvation that killed many times more civilians than the battles of Luzon and Battle of Manila. Japana raided the country for "comfort women" and mass murdered hundreds of thousands directly.
Manila, Open City. Manila is captured by Japanese soldiers, and Americans and their allies have to take back the city in order to liberate the civilians and free more than 2,000 POWs. Eddie...
- War
- Charito Solis
- Eddie Romero
Manila, Open City: Directed by Eddie Romero. With Charito Solis, James Shigeta, Alex Nicol, John Ashley. As Allied Forces are closing the curtains on the Japanese Army in Manila, Japanese soldiers begin to attack innocent civilians.
- (54)
- Drama, War
- Eddie Romero
- 1968-06-12
Manila, Open City (International Title: American Tank Force) is a 1968 war film written, produced, and directed by Eddie Romero about the Battle of Manila in World War II. [1] The film was screened upon the launching of the National Film Archive of the Philippines in December 2011. [2]
Probably worthy of more scrutiny than I afforded it, as its politics (vis a vis America and the Philippines) were interesting—certainly more interesting than the aesthetics on display (which are in basic Hollywood B-movie mode—even down to English-language voiceover.)
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As Allied Forces are nearing the defeat of the Japanese Army in Manila, the Japanese Empire's soldiers begin attacking innocent civilians. A brutal month-long battle ensues. War drama set in the closing stages of World War Two.
