In the Shadow of Leaves

Japan at War

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A Japanese pilot marking a victory on his A6M Zero fighter, 14 Feb 1942; note his unit's mascot, a monkey, on the aircraft.

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A Japanese soldier returning to his family and farm after the war.

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City of Life and Death (Nanjing! Nanjing!) /// dir. Chuan Lu

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Japan’s Longest Day

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Toshiro Mifune as War Minister Korechika Anami,

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Training to defend the homeland. 1945.

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Japanese soldier training women to defend the homeland with bamboo spears. 1945.

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Japanese soldiers during Japanese invasion of Taiwan in 1895.

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An IJA officer in samurai armor, likely a family heirloom.

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A Japanese soldier in action during the invasion of Indochina, September 1940

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IJA infantry. China, 1940

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“War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.” -  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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1943, somewhere in the Pacific

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Japanese soldiers in Manchuria, 1932. Note the captured Chinese Dadao sword.

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