Death Railway Ex-POW Meets The Enemy (Thailand)

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16 жыл бұрын

VJ Day (1995)
Mr De Bie is still deeply bitter about his years as a POW in Thailand during World War II. Now, he has the chance for reconciliation with Takashi Nagase, who worked for the Japanese.
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He was one of 25,000 prisoners who, underfed and in the blazing heat, were forced to labour on "The Death Railway" between Thailand and Burma. Thousands died in appalling conditions. Takashi Nagase was in Thailand at the same time working for De Bie's enemy - the Japanese. He was an interpreter in prisoner interrogation sessions for the Japanese military police. Wracked by guilt since the war, he has visited Thailand 87 times to apologise to graves of the dead for what happened along the railway. His remorse is disdained by many Japanese. In a moving reconciliation De Bie and Takashi meet in a military ceremony as they attempt to forgive and forget.
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@chelamcguire 4 жыл бұрын

Such a touching documentary. My late paternal uncle was one of the British POW's who worked on the 'line', as he called it. He developed a stammer that he would take to the grave along with his memories of friends lost during captivity. He told me a little of his life of hell whilst imprisoned all because I asked about the scars on his legs. They were from beatings and eventually ulcers. Obviously, he was never given medical treatment - no one was. He spoke so tenderly of a fellow POW who died about a month before Japan surrendered. He and his brother-in-arms kept one another going throughout their hellish time there. They had apparently made a pack, and promises were made. Upon my uncles' return to the UK, he visited a lawyer and had his name changed by Deed Poll to that of his old friend, a friend that my uncle believed saved his life, though sadly not his own. This documentary, though short, has been tough to view but essential to help me understand mans' inhumanity to man. Thank you so much for this posting.

@Steven-lz7on 4 жыл бұрын

Chela McGuire interesting story. Near the end of the war pows were taken by ship to japan , crammed together in the dark cargo hold with no toilet and barely any food or water. There toilet was the floor.One ship took 7 weeks all that time constantly hungry and thirsty .

@michelleyb.9709 Жыл бұрын

This is the beauty and value of KZfaq. That these stories will live on for everyone to see. These men will be dead and gone at some point, but they still have voice to be forever heard

@Dallas-Nyberg 10 жыл бұрын

Nagase Takashi is one of the main characters in the new movie "The Railwayman".. it is a must see movie...

@TheYeti_97 2 жыл бұрын

So much respect for Mr Takashi. He has more heart than the Japanese government combined

@petecox5552 8 жыл бұрын

As Eric Lomax said "Their comes a time when the hating has to stop"

@thomasbud6670 6 жыл бұрын

Pete Cox truly not enough people know of the great man that was Eric lomax

@dylanomara2437 2 жыл бұрын

2021 here because of a new movie KIEFER SUTHERLAND "TO END ALL WARS. Rip to all the man who lost there lives over something that had nothing to do with them, brave heros I will forever forget the name Ernest Gordon along with many others.

@plog9572 9 жыл бұрын

This is so beautiful

@epiquewenqa 7 жыл бұрын

feeling traumatic your whole life, its something you learn to control andlive with. but living with guilt, now thats a whollle another thing . cause you realize the damage youve done, and you sick to your stomach at what you done, and you cant undo that. u try your hard to live a good by others but somewhere inside you still feel this lump of guilt. i dont speak for this japanese man, but i know what guilt feels like, because my guilt is to the roofs. i can just do a small harm to others, or even if it isnt my fault, yet i feel the guilt over 9000. so i know how much it sucks to live with guilt every passing day

@lindac2412 5 жыл бұрын

There is forgiveness to be found in Jesus Christ. We are all guilty, one way or another.

@subculturenz 16 жыл бұрын

subtitles would be good

@mairiconnell6282 9 ай бұрын

Mr Takashi, is a good liar. I see through him. His job precludes compassion. He is consumed with guilt. That doesn’t mean he is innocent. No way. However, not my job to forgive.