"Song of Philippine Independence (フィリピン独立の歌)" - Japanese Song about the Philippines (1943)[NSV]

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The song "フィリピン独立の歌", which translates to "Grand March of the Free Philippines", was played in several programs with Yamada himself conducting. It is NOT an anthem of the Second Philippine Republic, official or unofficial but is simply a march dedicated by a Japanese composer on the Philippines.
Our fellow historical music channel Im Walde had discovered and shared with me *archived newspaper and magazine articles regarding this song. According to a 1943 issue of The Tribune, it was composed around 1943 by Japanese classical composer Kōsaku Yamada in celebration of the coming Philippine Independence under the Second Republic. Yamada also composed an opera titled Sampaguita, but it got lost during the war.
Special thanks to Im Walde for the romanized transliteration and English translation, as well as for providing info about this song which seems to have no available info (or at least, no English or Filipino sources on the Internet).
*I have posted the pictures of the aforementioned articles in my Instagram account, for anyone interested. Im Walde originally sent them on my discord server.
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SOURCES
Audio recording: • (Rare) Japanese tribut...
Images:
“Flag of the Philippines (1943-1945)”. Retrieved from commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/...
“Coat of Arms of the Philippines (1943-1945). Retrieved from commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/...
Video footage:
"Pres. Jose P. Laurel and members of his cabinet celebrates 1st Anniversary of Philippine Republic". Retrieved from • Pres. Jose P. Laurel a...
“The Japan Philippine Cooperation” by The Official Gazette TH-cam channel (GovPH). Retrieved from • The Japan Philippines ...
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[@cancionesdefilipinas1898]

More information on the Song of Philippine Independence by Kosaku Yamada, discovered by @Im Walde . He has given me permission to share this information, as well as images of the primary sources/documents.

[@YunoGasaiMC2012]

Filipino teenagers after getting addicted to watching anime:

[@viejaspeliculasfilipinas3621]

This song is definitely like a peace treaty (in my opinion), the part it says "under Japan's light, the Philippines will rise", that's like we're allies with Japan at that time

[@christianbacarra1008]

my grandmother’s bario was almost massacred by the Japanese in Pidigan,Abra. grandmas cousin asked anxiously as they are lined up on a ditch “ Apay ta duyoken da tayo sa metten?” implying that the Japanese are about to impale them with bayonets. because they allowed the boys of the bario to the mountains and become guerrilla fighters the families left in the bario were only saved by a japanese captain which was then courting my grandmothers aunt at the time. There are lots of evil Japanese soldiers, but there is still good in them like the captain.

[@ricardosenpai6121]

Me after turning the Philippines into Fascist in HOI4:

[@ajschannel162]

The footage is more high quality than the CCTV cameras we have today

[@kaboom9342]

ah.........disturbing.........once you read about their crimes in manila

[@jmaca112]

i heard from my parents so many bad things the Japanese did against Filipinos during their occupation of Manila ..This song was probably intended for Japanese listeners as part of the war propaganda. Otherwise ,it would have been written in Philippine language..

[@HNUmaker]

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[@frederickoftheartic2209]

Although I see the Japanese occupation as an awful thing, this song is really peaceful, somewhat reminds me of a lullaby.

[@miguelbonifacio9038]

No! We want anime not this :(

[@tompegorinno5141]

Once again, thank you! Another addition to my archival collection. Pagkakaisa! Kapayapaan, sa pamamagitan ng kapangyarihan
! Long live the Philippines! Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!

[@alezacrespublik6655]

I've been listening on this song on other videos these past months, and from what I know, The Translation on this video flows quite well compared to others

[@SecondKameradRAR]

Ah, nice video. It's maybe same as Jaesjio, but this Philippines characteristics version

[@fiferplayeralt7118]

salamat sa song, hindi ko pa to narinig

[@reyzrvideo7979]

Very interesting find!

[@mcnh8914]

I think that's Bishop Cesar Ma. Guerrero celebrating Mass at the opening of the video

[@_neishi0859]

I love how this song is about philippine independence when they are speaking japanese

[@alejogarciajr022]

Many words in Japanese desame in kapampangan n or pampango wow

[@francotiradorfilipino9057]

Interesting...