Captured Japanese Teachers Couldn't Believe What the Americans Asked Them to Do with POWs Children

This documentary explores a little-known aspect of the Battle of Okinawa in 1945: the temporary detention camps where displaced Japanese children were held under American occupation. Through the fictionalized account of Camp 16, we examine the human complexity of wartime displacement, the makeshift educational programs that emerged, and the moral ambiguities faced by both captors and captives during one of WWII's bloodiest campaigns.

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