Song for the Defenders of Iwo Jima
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2019
- a special song the children of General Tadamichi Kuribayashi's home town sung for the soldiers of the Japanese island of Iwo Jima.
Kanji:
太平洋の波の上
帝都の南千余キロ
浮かぶ小さな一孤島
今日本の興廃を
決する要衝、硫黄島
われらこの地にある限り
本土は安し永遠に
日本男児の名を賭して
苦難に克ちて護り抜く
誉れも高き 硫黄島
Romanji:
Taiheiyō no nami no ue
Teito no minami sen yo-kiro
Ukabu chīsana ichi kotō
Ima Nihon no kōhai o
Kessuru yōshō, Iōjima
Ware-ra kono ji ni aru kagiri
Hondo wa yasushi eien ni
Nippondanji no na o toshite
Kunan ni kachite mamori nuku
Homare mo takaki, Iōjima
I´m not the original author of this video, all the credits go to FBIV.
It gets real creepy when you understand why holding Iwo Jima was so important for the Japanese: if it fell into American hands, it would permit American mass bombing of Mainland Japan. The song reminds the soldiers that they are the only thing standing between those kids singing and hordes of B-29 bombers dropping incendiary bombs on them.
Man, WW2 was a terrible war.
Bro, your comment hit me hard. Almost brought me to tears when I came to realize it.
The Japanese did what they did and they did very well defending It for 40 full days
Hasn't the US firebombed Japan before Iwojima?
I mean, the casualties of firebombing rivaled even that of the nukes
@@zulthyr1852 they had, but it was difficult and sporadic. Based off Iwo Jima, they could organize massive bombing campaigns. Which they did. The fire bombings you’re referring to happened after they took the island.
@@feastguy101 ahhh
Letters from Iwo Jima is the best historical film i've ever seen. It shows the humanity side of a country thats widely perceived as evil during wartime, and it shows the tragedy of war from the Japanese perspective.
The worst part is that Korea did most of the "Japanese" war crimes. The Koreans want us to believe that Japan turned this shit into cartoons. This is an obvious attempt at slander against Japan.
@@luked772 he means the Korean soldiers in the Japanese ranks. They were treated like 2nd class soldiers and in turn they took out their frustrations on civilians.
@@CT--gs1wj i also recommend you the movie name The Eternal Zero which is good historical japanese movie
@pittman789 No
@@robpelick7460 they didn’t, that’s propaganda dude ☠️
i love the picture of takeichi nishi with his horse
honestly this song would be a huge moral boost.
imagine being far from home waiting for your death and suddenly you listen those sweet little kid voices from your land, singing for you. That would make even the most cynical soldier fight fiercely for that piece of dirt island
If I heard this I’d be ready to give me life. Of course the American in me just wants to go “lol, lamao.”
Wow, just listened to this in the movie Letters From Iwo Jima.
Vladislav Rom I’m Chinese and it is the greatest movie I have ever watched.
@@azur_boi7806 same here
I don't know if many people realize this but the battle of Iwo Jima was probably one of the most important battles in the Pacific for Japan. Although it was a complete American Victory, the efforts, sacrifice, and stiff resistance of General Kuribayashi and the defenders of Iwo Jima may have inadvertently saved Japan from a full scale invasion.
Let me explain. The moment Kuribayashi was assigned to Iwo Jima, he already knew that it was a battle he could not win. Being stuck on an isolated rock in the middle of the Pacific with no naval support and very little air power meant that ammo and supplies cannot be replenished and that he had to fight smart with what he has on hand, which in and of itself, is an extremely impressive feat considering what he had to face. And trust me when I say that he did a damn fine job.
This man is probably one of Japan's more talented generals as in the span of a few months, he was able to turn an insignificant plot of land into a fucking fortress. He departed from the common Japanese battle doctrine seen in Saipan and the Marianas (i.e beach trenches and Banzai Charges), and employed defense in depth tactics so that every inch of Iwo Jima was subject to Japanese defensive fire. And it worked, as Iwo Jima was one of the few rare battles in the pacific where the Americans suffered more casualties (dead and wounded) than the Japanese.
However, the most important aspect to consider is Kuribayashi's true long term strategy. You see, prior to the war, he studied in America, and knew how much influence the American Public has on policy and the war effort. He'd hoped that by causing as much casualties as possible, he would make America think twice about invading the mainland.
The best part? His gamble paid off. The results of the battles of Iwo Jima alongside Okinawa were used by the Americans to reevaluate their plans to invade the Japanese Home Islands and probably even encouraged them to consider using the nukes instead. Now don't get me wrong, the bomb was a terrible thing. But compared to a full scale invasion wherein the old, the young, the weak, every man, woman, and child would be put in the line of fire in a last ditch defense. I'd say the bomb was the lesser of the two evils.
The sad thing is that in his last transmissions Kuribayashi expressed regret that, despite his best efforts he could not live to his people's expectations to repel the enemy and bring them victory. He probably died, thinking he failed and that through his failure, countless innocents are now at risk. Knowing this and watching the scene in the movie where he listens to this song hits harder now. He felt that Japan and its future rests on his shoulders now and is dependent on his performance on Iwo Jima, imagine that insane pressure.
However, I respectfully disagree. Although Japan was bombed, his valiant efforts bore fruit and contributed in saving countless of civilian lives from an invasion. The battle of Iwo Jima may have been an American Victory but I think Kuribayashi and his men were the real winners here.
Probably highest quality comment under this video. Thanks for the insight.
Well said brother!
Nope. Japan was not saved from an invasion by the resistence at Iwo Jima, but by its decision to surrender when the USSR attacked them in August 1945. Not even the preparations for the operation Olympic (Western Allied invasion of Kyushu) would have been complete by that time even if Iwo Jima surrendered at the first sight of US invasion fleet. Let alone the operation Coronet (invasion of Honshu).
@@VersusARCH The USSR attack was secondary, it was the Nuclear Bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki that shocked the Japanese government enough to allow Emperors Hirohito to issue the surrender order, and even then it required solders loyal to him to put down a Coup attempt so that the surrender could be issued.
It was the death toll from Iwo and Okinawa that made it clear that millions of Allied solders would be casualties if the invasion of the Home Islands continued.
@@andreworiez8920違います
原爆は二つの都市を消しましたが、あなた方の爆撃でもう数十の都市が消えていました
条約を捨てて攻めてきたソ連の参戦によって日本は降伏したのです
Today is Memorial Day, so I listen to this song in honor of both the US Marines and the Soldiers of the Empire of Japan that gave their lives on that island.
when this played in Letters from Iwo Jima it made me go all out crying
Censorship will be the downfall of this society
everytime society wants to change history history repeat itself we should embrace history as it is not what you want it to be
thus we come closer to the fictional sci fi book "1984"
@@wahabeez literally
yes, America has became quite the evil empire and the people do not know it. At least not the full extent by any means.
水も食料も尽き死を待つだけになった兵士たちが、雑音混じりにラジオから流れるこの歌を暗い洞窟の中で聴く…。それを想像しただけで涙が出てきます。硫黄島に眠る死者の冥福を祈ります
硫黄島の守護者を考えると、深い悲しみを感じずにはいられません。ただ、その犠牲を祈り、敬意を表すことしかできません。
Thank you Mr. Eastwood for making Letters from Iwo Jima. For this song whould not have been heard by the rest of the world. And a very warm hello and thank for you're friendship to my classmates from 🇯🇵 Japan class of 1980. Union High School Roosevelt, UT.
The most beautiful thing ive heard in my life
TexasPROUD nothing in that reply I don’t agree with
Tadamichi Kuribayashi
Kuribayashi was an hero... He used all his forces to defense Iwo Jima, but Marines were more strong...
Not strong
Only more
The Great general, if the Americans weren't do strong he would win
On the photo is baron Takeichi Nishi, commander of the armored units on the island.
The Japanese defended their island with the same tenacity that we attacked it with. Eternal honor to every warrior who perished on Iwo Jima, American and Japanese alike.
May we learn from history to not repeat it
This song hits different if you watched Letters from Iwo Jima
I'm from Italy, I'm Italian and I appassionated about Japan and I love Japanese'people and the Japanese Empire... When I watched the film "Letters from Iwo Jima" My eyes we're filled with tears... The Japanese don't touch each other. All this, teached me that war sucks and it isn't necessary...
I lived in Nagoya when I was a little boy. Let me give you one example of what Japanese people are like. One evening, walking back to our apartment, I noticed a truck unloading boxes in front of the electronics store. I watched, fascinated, as boxes of radios, televisions, early Atari video games, all neatly stacked on the sidewalk in front of the closed electronics store. I was fascinated. After we got in our apartment I kept running out to the balcony to check- yes boxes still there. In the morning I rushed to the balcony to see- the old man who ran the little store had the metal cage lifted about halfway on his little store. The door was open and he and a young teenager were going back and forth loading all the boxes into the store.
Nobody had touched a single box all night. As an American, I was fascinated. How is this possible? Honor. Japanese are stuffed full with it.
War always kills the best of each generation. It is like fresh milk, skimming off all the cream.
I hope that there will be no more such terrible conflicts as World War 2. I have an immense admiration for the Japanese soldiers who bravely defended Iwo Jima and other islands they considered home. Iwo Jima is a cute little gem, not a piece of volcanic dust.
Love for japanese from Russia. 🇯🇵🤝🇷🇺
Yet another horrible was is indeed upon us. It's being fought in Ukraine. Why would Ukrainians fight any less for their homes?
Iwo Jima and Okinawa where considered part of the Japanese homeland. Hence why they defended it so fierce. The whole Pacific Campaign was hell but the hardest and most brutal island invasions/battles where at Iwo and Okinawa for sure.
Japan is the pinnacle of humanity and must be preserved at any cost. 🙂
@@theamericanguy2653 The Nanjing Massacre was thoroughly fabricated.
Rest in peace to all the imperial soldiers that died for our great country 🎌
@@gifaek4769 I don't see anything wrong with that
@@MisakiMusashi The Eternal Sky bless all fallen heroes!!!!
They fought for Asia !!!! They were samurais !
@@abevaris7746 Not a very good Asia, but sure.
@@strike1581 Just because they didnt want to be a puppet country to the United States, you call them bad. They werent bad.
This song make's me happy and make me cry at the same
True samurai spirit . Rip
日本人は硫黄島の英霊を忘れない
RIP soldiers from both sides who died in this bloody battle.
Never gets old, love this song so much.
栗林忠道 御冥福をお祈りいたします
Since we're only a little more than a month away from that time of year, the still popular Christmas Carol "I'll be Home for Christmas (If Only In My Dreams) by Bing Crosby, was penned during the Second World War and was written from the perspective of a home sick soldier at the front.
That bit is probably lost on most modern audiences, since the lyrics don't make an explicit reference to the war or military service. People during the Second World War however understood that context.
日本人は天皇陛下と国と家族のためなら勇敢に戦う民族です。
日米双方の兵士はお互いに国のために命をかけました。
平和な世界になりますように！
RIP Our honoured fallen enemy
Best movie and best song 😔❤️
And the rest is history.
Rest In Peace, Fascistball.
That movie was awesome
idk why i felt like crying everytime i listen and understand the lyrics of the song
Tenno Heika Banzai
For the tsar
Banzai!
煽っとるん？
all those japanese soldiers listening to it knowing it is almost lost.
Does anyone know if the song was just composed for the movie "Letters From Iwo Jima" or if this melody was actually composed for General Kuribayashi in 1945? Because the description makes it seem like a real song
It was actually composed during WW2. The real song was much longer.
This is the whole song.
太平洋の波の上
帝都の南千余キロ
浮かぶ眇たる一孤島
今皇国の興廃を
決する要衝硫黄島
物量たのむ敵国が
マリアナ侵し今すでに
大和島根に迫り来て
ただ一線に残されて
最後の砦硫黄島
この島こそは仇敵の
飽くなき野望の墓場たれ
来たりても身よ全島は
一木一草分かちなく
武装を終われり硫黄島
拠る武士は皇国の
選び抜きたる決死隊
敵撃滅の火と燃えて
日夜耐えざる訓練を
重ねてぞ待つ硫黄島
千早に拠りし楠公の
故事にも例えんこの守り
敵兵百万寄するとも
寸土も侵すことならじ
磐石の城硫黄島
われらこの地にある限り
皇土は安し永遠に
日本男児の名を賭して
苦難に克ちて護り抜く
誉れも高き硫黄島
@@emperorking2231 thank you for the information!
@@emperorking2231 can we find a rendition of this original version anywhere? Thanks!
@@flyingcucumber I couldn't find the actual video recorded during the war. But I found a video of a Vocaloid singing the original version.
czcams.com/video/ccJtLMV3K84/video.html
Weebs listen to J pop and anime music.
Chads listen to:
번역기
On the waves of the Pacific,
태평양의 파도 위에서,
Down south from the Imperial city
제국 도시에서 남쪽으로
a small lonely islands floats.
작은 외로운 섬이 떠 있습니다.
The fate of our imperial country
우리 제국의 운명
Lies in the hands of this island,
이 섬의 손에 달려있습니다.
Iwo Jima.
이오지마.
As long as we stand,
우리가 서 있는 한,
We shall feel safe,
우리는 안전하다고 느낄 것입니다,
As the imperial land shall forever be at peace.
제국의 땅이 영원히 평화롭기 때문입니다.
We shall fight with pride and honor at any price,
우리는 어떤 대가를 치르더라도 자부심과 명예를 가지고 싸울 것입니다.
Our proud island,
우리의 자랑스러운 섬,
Iwo Jima.
이오지마.
I pray for the repose of the U.S. and Japanese troops who fought hard.
When this was played in Letters from Iwo Jima, I was suddenly hit hard and somehow felt like a defender myself. I thoguht I need to do my best because this kids and other people are relying on us. But also thinking defeat is 100% the faith cause of low on everything.
Awesome
everything For Japan!!!! 🇯🇵
I LOVE JAPANESE EMPIRE I LOVE YOU JAPANESE
Gatau artinya tapi tau sejarah lagu ini sampe merinding anjir
If Iwo Jima fell the barbarians would set hell loose upon Japan, I salute the brave soldiers who bled out defending their people and fatherland from the terrible bombs.
Although my country Mexico fought against the Japanese in Philippine sky and sea, I sympathize with the Japanese people and their will to survive and win, we know what resistance against Anglo Saxon savages is.
Anglos might be savages, but at least they don’t have a corrupt government run by cartels that constantly slaughters and tortures their fellow countrymen.
@@kwangmyongsong4887 They are Anglo country, what are you talking about? Please don't tell me you believe in the ''melting pot'' myth, right? That term was coined by a Jew.
Americans would have stopped if they heard the song...
Sin duda precioso
ロングライブ日本
Tenno Heika Banzaaaai
❤🇩🇪🇯🇵
TENNO HEIKA BANZAI FROM INDONESIA🇮🇩🎌
Islands don't float!
as I know well sorry if I'm wrong.
this song was made as honorable for japanese soldier who died on that island,
how ironic when remaining japanese soldiers hiding in cave were listening this song from radio
If only they knew....
Who is here from Letter from Iwo Jima?
Salute to all the Japanese soldiers that fought for the freedom of Asia. Thank you for your sacrifice. We will never repay our debts to you.
@@kiri6534 You really are a dumb shit arent you? France and Britain were at war with Germany because Germany's rise trheatened their global empires of rape and plunder. Do you need me to explain more?
@@largebill1245 im not a maggot like you
@@largebill1245 bruh
@@largebill1245 Every country has committed genocide.
BEST REGARDS
RIP. WW.2
I'm gone scarry Garry..
👍👍👍👍👍
栗林中将は日本人の鑑。
❣️❣️❣️❣️
I'm Canadian and even I'm misting up a little.
Japan is Asia's savior 🇯🇵
From Indonesia 🇮🇩
Fun fact: There were 3,000 Japanese soldiers unaccounted for after the capture of Iwo Jima. Some soldiers would holdout as long as until 1949.
So much better and deeper than anime music
Seen dday first hand
Aye
👍👍👍👍👍👍
Banzai
Respect for The Fallen 🙏
That's my horse shawn
Goodin m ail... have goodin
America: *equips its soldiers with .30 cal hand-held AN/M2 aircraft machine guns and M2 flamethrowers*
From indonesia Tenno heika banzaiiii
Guadacanal > Solomon > Peleliu > Saipan > Iwo Jima > Okinawa.
Is there any island that I forget to mention?
....the "BLOODY-TARAWA".
huge goosebumps
Fast line captain.. 4 f4s
JAPAN liberated ASIA from western colonies👍🇯🇵
Oh i wouldn't say free more like UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
@@johnlytimporok8184 Not funny, didn't laugh.
@@hecunt3633 What does that even mean, you mean the life under European rule?
@@pikajew3578 THEY ARE -REAL- FUNNY TO ME
TENNŌ HOME DEPOT BANZAIIII
Let's bare fight
It was a call
Where you goin? He's waiting
You assault weapon.. fight me for it
Call Jones (Joker) for that
西将軍？でしたっけ
Did they make this song during that time world war 2 iwo jima? Or just in the movie??
これは、映画のサウンドトラック・・・？
How did he fare? Big boss
What the fuck
Man
Who composed this song ?
Better get them dookies
Igloo was made of what
Talking bout Tyrone and Donnie Beasley outside
My role was rad police lying about my intel about explosives
Tenno Heika bonzai!
She talk good for policy
Through the shit overboard
Red fos dig it
Mark mark?
10 percent was given
What name on defaction
No matter what they say, general Kuribayashi was the man who had to lead the whole of Japan, he was a genius among stupid assholes
My judge seen weed in Texas