Merdeka 17805

Merdeka 17805
Promotional poster
Directed by	Yukio Fuji
Written by	Yoshihiro Ishimatsu
Starring	Jundai Yamada Lola Amaria Naoki Hosaka Muhammad Iqbal Aulia Achsan Fajar Umbara Takaaki Enoki Koji Tsukamoto
Cinematography	Kenji Takama
Edited by	Akimasa Kawashima
Music by	Ryouichi Kuniyoshi
Production companies	Toho Rapi Films
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	12 May 2001 (2001-05-12) (Japan)
Running time	122 minutes
Country	Japan
Languages	Japanese Indonesian
Budget	$15 million

Merdeka 17805 (ムルデカ 17805, Murudeka 17805) is a 2001 Japanese war film by Yukio Fuji which depicts a Japanese soldier who arrives in the Dutch East Indies during the occupation and stays to fight in the Indonesian National Revolution. The film emphasised the Empire of Japan's role in Indonesia's independence, leading several writers to describe it as propaganda. It was also controversial in Indonesia owing to concerns of historical revisionism, because Japan's occupation of the area is depicted as the Empire protecting it from Western aggression.^[1] The film was a financial success in Japan.