5-EPISODE LIMITED SERIES

TAGLINE
No one survives war alone.

LOGLINE
A gripping dual-perspective Pacific War drama exploring survival, insurgency, and the human cost of patriotism.

SYNOPSIS
When Japan seizes Guam in 1941, the island’s last American serviceman disappears to collect and transmit vital intel. Shielded for 3 years by a daring Chamorro RESISTENSIA, they must outwit a ruthless Kempeitai police commander as the officer’s conflicted subordinate — torn by his love for a local woman — risks treason to become the fugitive’s secret ally.

CONCEPT
Conceived as a six-episode prestige historical drama with compelling war action, RESISTENSIA reveals Guam at the crossroads of power—where empires collide and the Chamorro people endure—from Magellan’s brutal arrival five centuries ago to their continued assertion of identity and self-determination in an ever-changing Pacific world.

Inspired by the true accounts of George Tweed (lone US serviceman survivor), Shoichi Yokoi (Japanese deserter in Guam's jungle for 28 years), and the Chamorro resistance on Guam.