Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Note on Personal Names and Names of War ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter One Life After the War: Former Servicemen in Postwar Japanese Film 23
7. Chapter Two. The Story of a Man Who Was Not Allowed to Come Home: Gomikawa Junpei and The Human Condition (Ningen no jōken) 51
8. Chapter Three. Longing for Home: Japanese POWs in Soviet Captivity and Their Repatriation 81
9. Chapter Four. “No Denunciation”: Ishihara Yoshirō’s Soviet Internment Experiences 113
10. Chapter Five. Lost and Found in the South Pacific: Postwar Japan’s Mania Over Yokoi Shōichi’s Return 147
11. Chapter Six. Rescued from the Past: Onoda Hiro’o’s Endless War 173
12. Chapter Seven. The Homecoming of the “Last Japanese Soldier”: Nakamura Teruo / Shiniyuwu / Li Guanghui’s Postwar 203
13. Epilogue 219
14. Notes 227
15. Bibliography 275
16. Index 291