Draft for Tugasan Berkumpulan – Lokasi bersejerah (Perkuburan Jepun, Melaka) Deadline to give Yuva: 2 May (actual deadline: 5 May) Attire: Smart Casual/ anything related to the video Scene 1: Intro (4 min) (consist of 2 person, 2 min each) - Tell the title we going to discuss about in the video and proceed with the brief history of occupation of Japan in Malaysia Emphasise on how it was in Melaka during the Japanese occupation https://www.rage.com.my/lastsurvivors-andrew/ http://babanyonyamuseum.com/inter-war-years/ Background video: War effects Scene 2: Details of this graveyard (4 min) (consist 2 person, 2 min each) - - Talk about its latar belakang, sejarah of the place, the purpose it was built Located in the Bukit Baru, discovered in 1969 It is lesser known sights at Melaka and seldom visited by people There were only 36 grave there Out of 36, one belong to a japanese soldier that carried out sepukku (ritual suicide) and 5 originated from Amakusa-gun in Kyushu (who became Karayuki San and might have died young from various disease). The rest of them might be spies or mere traders. There is a dog as well with german name buried there https://thriftytraveller.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/japanese-cemetery-melaka/ https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2018/10/05/melakas-unusualtourist-attraction-a-japanese-cemetery/ Background: Video compilation of pictures of perkuburan jepun as there are no vid of it in youtube (tell me if you managed to find one) Scene 3: Explain what is sepukku (ritual suicide) (2 Min) (1 person only) - Tell in the video that since one of them died from sepukku, it is essential to address what is it Basically sepukku is ritual suicide done by samurai back then and then followed by Japanese soldier where they are willing to kill themselves rather than surrender to enemies for honour https://youtu.be/-oM8I7niF0Y https://www.history.com/news/what-is-seppuku Background video: Got sepukku compilations in youtube Scene 4: Explain about “Karayuki-San” in Malaysia (4 min) (consist 2 person, 2 min each) - Need to talk about this because this as there are 5 person from Amakusa-gun Karayuki-san refers to trafficked prostitutes from Amakusa -gun in Kushyu Explain more about their presence in Malaysia https://www.malaysia-traveller.com/karayuki-san.html https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14672715.1993.10408345 Background video: Got Karayuki San documentary footage in youtube Scene 5: How to preserve this grave and the steps needed to be taken (2 min, 1 person) (may add 1 more person if the 10th member joined and the scene duration will be 4 min, so 2 min each) - - - Refer the last paragraph of https://thriftytraveller.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/japanesecemetery-melaka/ Since this place is not known by many, Melaka state gov should take initiative to promote more about this place and from that, the deceased family or relatives might come to this place and give proper respect and rituals to the deceased Perhaps the remains can even be shipped to the country they belong which is Japan ( refer https://www.historynet.com/rest-in-peace-bringing-home-u-s-war-dead.htm example of countries which brings back their war dead back to their own country) Video Background: Cemetery preservation footage Scene 5: Conclusion (2 min, 1 person) - - - Conclude the whole video briefly Tell how this place memberi kesan kepada pembangunan komuniti ( maybe can say that it gives identity to the Japanese community who lived in Malaysia far away from their homeland) (optional- if you managed to elaborate more regarding this then chun) Tell about the values this place gives us and the reminder of how hard things were back then (war, trafficking of prostitute who were forced to be taken away from their family) so none will repeat the same mistake again Tell how you feel about this place The end
