The mainland TV series "Proof of Memory" directed by Yang Yang was released in 2002. The book of the same name is published by Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House.
Starring: Duan Long, Pei Xiubin, Li Guangjie and Takashi Yano.
Past tense: 1944, in the vast sea, a cargo ship full of Japanese prisoners of war and laborers sailed for Japan. Among these China prisoners of war and laborers, there are Kuomintang prisoners of war headed by Zhou; Captives of the Eighth Route Army headed by Xiao Hansheng; And ordinary workers centered in Wei Liu. These prisoners of war and laborers were inexplicably taken to a small Japanese island called Kuratsu Island. On Kuratsu Island, in order to guard against the possible decisive battle in Japan, the Japanese army built military fortifications in secret. In order to build this military fortification, many prisoners of war and laborers in China were forced to undertake heavy physical labor every day. They were starving and humiliated by Japanese soldiers. If you want to escape, the only way out is to be brutally killed. In such a cruel and inhuman environment, prisoners of war and workers are still looking forward to the day when they go home. Okada, director of the reform-through-labour camp, once assured prisoners of war and laborers that this is a huge warehouse, and as long as you finish it on schedule, you can be sent back to China. Zhou analyzed the current situation and thought that the best way at present was to complete the project construction as soon as possible according to Okada's requirements. It is Zhou's greatest wish to return to the motherland alive. Therefore, he warned his men not to rebel against the Japanese, to work hard and to go home as soon as possible. Former Kuomintang spies Xiao Hansheng and Xia Mingyuan soon realized that this project was an important military fortification of the Japanese army. In order to stop the construction of this project, they kept secretly organizing subordinates and tried every means to destroy the project and find opportunities to escape. Different ideas turned the two sides against each other. Once, the Japanese found that the tools of labor were destroyed, so they would punish all the workers. Xiao Hansheng stood up and was tortured by the Japanese hanging in an iron cage. Xiao Hansheng's heroic behavior touched all the workers. Their national consciousness began to sprout and they decided to unite closely. Xiao Hansheng set up a five-person secret organization "Tangshan" to prepare for riots. They secretly collect explosives at work. In order to get in touch with the outside world to cooperate with their riots. They tried their best to make a Korean named Li Jicheng escape from the reform-through-labour camp successfully, and instructed him to actively prepare for the reception. Japanese authorities sent a female military doctor named Yosiko Miyazaki to a labor camp. Miyazaki Hayao and Okada used to be lovers. Okada received an order from the top of the military department to shoot all prisoners of war and laborers after the project was completed. Xiao Hansheng and others held a meeting in the secret place of the tunnel. They have been secretly observing that their Liu was caught by the Japanese. Liu fought the Japanese with the heroic spirit of an ordinary China, and was brutally killed by the Japanese. Zhou and Okada, who were very weak because of serious illness, gambled on chess and forced Okada to release the imprisoned prisoners. But unfortunately passed out. He knew in his heart that he was dying. Inadvertently, Han Xiao found that Flash Redstone was a girl. Silently protecting her in this cruel labor camp with only hungry people. Gradually, love came into being between them, and they agreed that if they could return to China alive, Hongshi would be Xiao Hansheng's bride. Li Jicheng, who escaped, got help from a Korean girl named Shunzhi and recovered at Shunzhi's home. He made final preparations for escaping from the labor camp. Only to be found by Japanese soldiers and killed with bayonets. The project is coming to an end, and there is a desperate riot in the labor camp. During the riots, prisoners of war and laborers fought bravely, fighting and retreating, and hopefully rushed to meet them with fishing boats moored at the seaside. However, when they arrived at the seaside, the fishing boat rushed out of the heavily armed Japanese soldiers, a burst of fierce gunfire, the beach was red with blood, and the beach was full of the bodies of prisoners of war and laborers. Xiao Hansheng rushed to the edge of the cliff and jumped into the sea covered in blood. Present tense: In 2002, in Beijing, a Japanese girl who made a documentary, Memoirs of a Geisha Castle, happened to meet Xiao Hansheng's grandson Xiao Yi. In an interview with an old man in China, the memoirs of a geisha heard Xiao Hansheng tell a true story about what happened in Zangjin Island, and she was very interested. In order to realize Xiao Hansheng's dying wish, Xiao Yi and Geisha's Memoirs decided to go to Japan to find buried evidence. In Japan, the memoirs of Xiao Yi and a geisha found the son of Li Jicheng and Jun Zhi, Yamashima Cheng, on Kuratsu Island, but he said nothing to his parents. At the same time, the two of them discovered a monument erected by Japanese student soldier Nakamura and his daughter for China workers. They are very happy to get this clue, and their affection for each other is increasing. The grandfather of memoirs of a geisha knew that they were investigating Kuratsu Island. He asked Yohei, the elder brother of Geisha Memoirs, to persuade Geisha Memoirs and Xiao Yi not to investigate the past. Yang Ping is a politician who is running for parliament. Considering that this might affect his political life, he began to hinder the memoirs of a geisha and Xiao Yi from finding evidence. Nakamura died, and the memoirs of Xiao Yi and a geisha found Dai Ya, the daughter of Nakamura. Dai Ya told them Ikeda was still alive. But when Xiao Yi found Ikeda, Ikeda said nothing about the past, which made them deeply feel how difficult it is to find the truth from the sealed war past. From TV news reports, Xiao Yi and Geisha's memoirs found traces of mountain flowers. In order to stop the memoirs of Xiao Yi and a geisha, Yohei forcibly took them away and put them in his grandfather Okada's house. Memoirs of a geisha kept at home by her brother miss Xiao Yi very much, and finally escape from home and find Xiao Yi. They hugged each other tightly and listened to the sound of love. Ikeda was moved by the sense of justice in Xiao Yi's and Geisha's memoirs, and he asked Yosiko Miyazaki, who was still alive, to announce what happened in Kuratsu Island. But I didn't expect this wish to die before it was realized. Miyazaki Hayao, condemned by conscience, wrote a letter to Xiao Hansheng. In the letter, she answered the question that Xiao Hansheng had been worried about. The grandfather of the memoirs of a geisha handed over the diary on duty and told the truth of the memoirs of a geisha. Memoirs of a geisha can no longer face Xiao Yi. Xiao Yi took the diary on duty and embarked on a journey back to China. The ship has left. Suddenly, Xiao Yi saw colorful balloons and memoirs of a geisha waving goodbye ... A letter with the words "China, Beiping, Xiao Hansheng" was finally sent to Xiao Hansheng's yard by the postman. At this point, Xiao Hansheng has been buried underground. On the brightly lit Chang 'an Avenue, the memoirs of a geisha in Qingshan are happy again. There is an equally happy and confident boy beside her, and that is Xiao Yi.