Homma Executed On April 3, 1946, Lt. General Masaharu Homma was executed. His wife appealed to American general Douglas MacArthur to spare his life; her pleas were denied.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- In a fading black-and-white photo snapped 70 years ago, Japanese Gen. Masaharu Homma, history's "Beast of Bataan," sits stoically on a hard bench in a makeshift Manila ...

In a fading black-and-white photo snapped 70 years ago, Japanese Gen. Masaharu Homma, history’s “Beast of Bataan,” sits stoically on a hard bench in a makeshift Manila, Philippines, courtroom.

Hayden Christensen is starring in "Beast of Bataan," the true story of the trial of Masaharu Homma, the Japanese general who was implicated in the Bataan Death March.

In a fading black-and-white photo snapped 70 years ago, Japanese Gen. Masaharu Homma, history’s “Beast of Bataan,” sits stoically on a hard bench in a makeshift Manila, Philippines, courtroom.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In a fading black-and-white photo snapped 70 years ago, Japanese Gen. Masaharu Homma, history’s “Beast of Bataan,” sits stoically on a hard bench in a makeshift Manila ...

Hayden Christensen, left, is starring in "Beast of Bataan," the true story of the trial of Masaharu Homma, the Japanese general who was implicated in the Bataan Death March.

In a fading black-and-white photo snapped 70 years ago, Japanese Gen. Masaharu Homma, history’s “Beast of Bataan,” sits stoically on a hard bench in a makeshift Manila, Philippines ...

In a fading black-and-white photo snapped 70 years ago, Japanese Gen. Masaharu Homma, history’s “Beast of Bataan,” sits stoically on a hard bench in a makeshift Manila, Philippines ...