"The Great Repatriation" - The Long Journey Home for Three Million Japanese Prisoners of War and Repatriates

After the end of the War of Resistance in 1945, there were over three million Japanese prisoners of war and civilians stranded in China! Under the impact of the aftermath of the war, how many thrilling stories happened among these more than three million Japanese prisoners and civilians. Despite the Chinese authorities not bearing grudges and implementing a broad humanitarian policy of leniency towards Japanese prisoners, and taking active measures to repatriate them, their stories still evoke sighs: In the despair of defeat, the Japanese army went on a rampage, burning military camps, hiding weapons, raping and killing; prisoners committed mass suicide, broke out of jail and fled; tens of thousands of female Japanese civilians desperately searched for their husbands, lovers from different countries were separated forever; repatriation ships exploded at sea... This documentary work uses a large number of historical facts to objectively recreate the fate of Japanese war criminals, the outcome of prisoners of war, and the destiny of Japanese civilians; it reveals the various secrets of the three million Japanese prisoners and civilians from the internment camps to repatriation, many of which are little known.