Marai no Tora (1943)

Original title

マライの虎

Directed by

Koga Masato

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 26m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film is about a Japanese secret agent in Malaya during World War II. It shows his work and his death in a Singapore hospital.

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What happens

Marai no Tora (マライの虎; lit. "The Tiger of Malaya") is a 1943 Japanese film directed by Koga Masato and starring Koji Nakata and Ryo Akaboshi. It tells the story of Tani Yutaka, known as "Harimau" (Malay word for "Tiger") who was a secret agent for the Japanese military who died in a hospital in Singapore. It is debatable that Tani Yutaka is the true "Harimau Malaya" or "The Tiger of Malaya" and not Tomoyuki Yamashita. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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