Season 3 · Episode 11
S3E6: From "Constaboy" to Samurai
The Colonial Department · The Colonial Department
September 8, 202217m 38s
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Show Notes
<html><p>In 1943, the Japanese selected 10 prisoners of war—veterans of the battles of Bataan and Corregidor, survivors of the Death March—for a "re-education" program in the heart of the empire. What could go wrong?</p><p>Follow us on IG: <u><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecolonialdept/" target="_blank">@thecolonialdept</a></u></p><p>Email us: <u><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></u></p><p>References:</p><p>Villarin, Mariano (1990). <em>We Remember Bataan and Corregidor: The Story of the American and Filipino Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor and their Captivity. </em>Gateway Press.</p><p>Serizawa, Takamichi (2015). “Japanese Solidarity Discourse on the Philippines during the Second World War.” <em>Philippine Studies: Historical & Ethnographic Viewpoints 63</em>(1), 71-100. Ateneo de Manila University. <u><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/24672308" target="_blank">https://www.jstor.org/stable/24672308</a></u></p><p>Karlin, Jason G. (2014) “Narratives of heroism in Meiji Japan.” In Gardner, A., Mackie V., Wohr U. (eds.) <em>Gender and State in Modern Japan</em> (48-67). Routledge.</p><p>Kintanar, Thelma; Aquino, Clemen; Arinto, Patricia; Camagay, Ma. Luisa (2012). <em>Kuwentong Bayan: Noong Panahon Ng Hapon—Everyday Life in a Time of War. </em>University of the Philippines Press.</p><p>Audio snippets are taken from NHK, archival Japanese newsreels, and <em>The Last Samurai</em> from Warner Bros. Pictures.</p></html>