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Japanese. Budget. ₱ 80 million (estimated) Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure is a 2001 Filipino epic action - drama war film directed by Chito S. Roño and starring Armando Goyena, Danilo Barrios, Albert Martinez, Vic Diaz, BB Gandanghari, and Camille Prats. Its plot concerns a hidden Yamashita treasure. It was released by Star Cinema and Regal ...
What is the Yamashita treasure? Yamashita treasure is the gold that the Japanese army allegedly stole in Southeast Asia by during WWII. Many believe that it includes gold bars and precious stones hidden in caves and tunnels underground in the Philippines. Rumor has it, the Japanese under the command of Tomoyuki Yamashita plundered the loot in 1944.
Aug 19, 2022 · Bongbong Marcos gave evidence that he had never seen any gold and he had no knowledge of the Yamashita treasure. "Right now, in my mother's home, there is a rather large golden buddha," he said at ...
Jul 13, 2023 · PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan – A group of treasure hunters believed to be in search of General Yamashita’s hidden gold nearly suffocated to death at the site where they expected to find riches. Instead of gold and jewels, five men got a second chance at life, thanks to the efforts of rescue workers who found them all unconscious at an excavation site about 100 feet below the surface.
Nov 18, 2022 · The search for the so-called Yamashita treasure isn’t new. According to linguistic anthropologist Piers Kelly of Max Planck Institute of the Science of Human History in Germany, ...
Feb 1, 2019 · Yamashita’s goal was to ship the treasure from the Philippines to Japan using the Philippines Sea, a route which gave Japan access to the Dutch East Indies as well as other lines of supply and communication between the Japanese islands to conquered territories in Southeast Asia.
The Philippines treasure seekers are excavating a gold trove allegedly hidden by a Japanese commander during World War II. An anthropologist believes Filipino folklore motivates the pursuit of rumored hidden wealth. There may not even be any of the lost gold belonging to Yasuhiro Yamashita, according to historians.
