The testimonies of 11 survivors and a film by the U.S. military will give you a comprehensive picture of the experiences of the Himeyuri Student Corps.

[About the Film]
This film was produced in 1994 on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the Himeyuri Peace Museum with the hope of transmitting the stories of Himeyuri's war experience, particularly as a motion picture record. The scenes of the actual battlefield filmed by the U.S. military and the voices of the Himeyuri survivors will inform the viewers about the process of the Battle of Okinawa and how it impacted the Himeyuri students. After Japanese halberd practice, a long distance march (about 67 km), position construction, and nursing training, the students were finally mobilized to the battle. The 11 survivors, one after another, testify about their experiences following the mobilization, e.g., their work at the Army Field Hospital, their retreat to the south, the Deactivation Order, and their wandering toward death.
[Running Time: 25 minutes]

[Featured Himeyuri Survivors]
Masako NAKAZATO "Our Duties in the Operation Room in the Clinic Cave"
Tomiko UEHARA "The Raid on to the Ihara First Surgical Cave"
Yoshiko SIMABUKURO　 "The Itokazu Clinic Cave Overcrowded with Wounded Patients"
Hisa TSUHAKO "Milk Poisoned by Potassium Cyanide"
Tsuru MOTOMURA "Bombing of the Yamashiro Hospital Headquarters Cave"
Kikuko TERUYA "Urged to Take Part in a Shock Corps"
Toshiko YOKARYO "Left Out in the Hills in Yamashiro"
Kikuko MIYAGI "The Coast of Arasaki: The Far End of Hell"
Ruri MIYARA "Tragedy in the Ihara Third Surgical Cave"
Toyoko TOMIMURA "How It Feels to Stand Here in the Himeyuri Peace Museum"

This documentary film shows how the survivors of the Himeyuri Student Corps finally broke the long period of silence and spoke out about their war experiences and their life after the war.

[About the Film]
This film, shown as a part of the 2003 special exhibit "Himeyuri's Post-War," describes the thoughts and innermost feelings of the Himeyuri students who survived but never spoke out for a long time about the war in which they lost a number of classmates and teachers. In this film, the survivors finally spoke of their pain when they had to tell classmates' families that their beloved daughters had died, and of their feelings of self-blame for being a survivor while their friends were dead. The film also shows the survivors who worked hard to collect photos of their deceased classmates, witnessing the fact they truly lived, on occasion of their 33rd memorial, in addition to the process of how they finally opened the Himeyuri Peace Museum as a place where they continue to tell the truth about the war and guide future generations toward peace. In this 30-minute short film, Himeyuri's post-war stories are condensed.
[Running Time: 33 minutes]

[Featured Himeyuri Survivors]
Tomiko UEHARA "The Never Vanishing Memory of the Battlefield"
Sachiko ISHIKAWA "The Days of 'Being a Military-Minded Girl'"
Ruri MIYARA "Blaming Myself for Remaining Alive and the Aftereffects of the Traumatic War Experience"
Hisa TSUHAKO "My Post-War Life as a Devoted Teacher of Special Education"
Kikuko MIYAGI "Witnessing Reversion to Japan and the Memories Fading Away"
Tsuru MOTOMURA "Toward the Founding of the Himeyuri Peace Museum"
Toshiko SHIMABUKURO "How I Learned Friends' War Experience through Testifying Videos"
Toyoko TOMIMURA "Overcoming the Nightmare"
Masako ARASAKI "Himeyuri Peace Museum: The Place That Heals Me"

This film traces the life of Mr. Seizen Nakasone, a teacher who accompanied the Himeyuri students on the battlefield. He devoted the rest of his life after the war to the repose of the spirits of his students killed in the war and to the peace movement.

[About the Film]
Shown as a part of the special exhibit "Seizen NAKASONE: His Life Devoted to the Repose of the Dead, " this dramatic documentary film tells us Mr. Seizen Nakasone's biography, his work on the battlefield, and his life devoted to the repose of the spirits of the dead students and to peace activities. The video contains the following scenes: "Reencountering Tokashiki at the U.S. Army Hospital in Ginoza," "From Healing Tokashiki to the Repose of the Dead," "Biography," "School Days," "Teaching at the Himeyuri Schools," "Accompanying the Student Corps on the Battlefield," "The Unvarnished Wooden Box for Purifying Dead Spirits," "Days of Professorship, and the Dismissal of College Students Who Participated in an Anti-U.S. Military Demonstration," "Expert on Studies of the Okinawan Language," and "Founding the Himeyuri Peace Museum."
[Running Time: 30 minutes]

[Featured Testifiers]
Survivors of the Himeyuri Student Corps:
Tomiko UEHARA
Sachiko OMI
Sachiko YAMAUCHI
A Former Student at the University of the Ryukyus:
Masakazu MINEI

Seven survivors testify about the 21 schools in pre-war Okinawa and the battlefield experienced by the male and female student corps from those schools.

[About the Film]
This 1999 film was shown at the 10th Anniversary Special Exhibit "The Student Corps in the Battle of Okinawa." While playing the motion picture taken by the U.S. military, the survivors describe 21 schools in pre-war Okinawa Prefecture and the student corps from each school. In the first half of the film, the profiles of the 21 schools are introduced along with photos of the campuses. In the second half, seven survivors from the male and female student corps testify about their experiences on the battlefield while the sequence of the Battle of Okinawa is shown in a documentary film shot by the U.S. military.
[Running Time: 26 minutes]

[Featured Testifiers]
Shin UCHIMA....Former member of Blood and Iron Loyalist Corps
Tomohiko MABUNI and Shigetomo HIGA....Former members of the First Male High School Blood and Iron Loyalist Corps
Masa INAFUKU....Former member of the Deigo Student Corps
Shinpei HIGA....Former member of the Third High School Blood and Iron Loyalist Corps
Kiku NAKAYAMA....Former member of the Shiraume Student Corps
Seiken SESOKO....Former member of the Fisheries High School Blood and Iron Loyalist Corps