In Popular Culture
- Yamashita's gold, though not mentioned by that name, serves as a major plot element of Cryptonomicon, a novel by Neal Stephenson.
- A film about the alleged treasure, Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure, directed by Chito S. Roño was released in the Philippines in 2001.
- An episode of the American TV series Unsolved Mysteries, first broadcast on American TV on January 27 1993, discussed the fate of the loot that has supposedly been amassed by Gen. Yamashita.
- The latter part of the console game Medal of Honor: Rising Sun is about the gold.
- Yamashita's gold serves as a plot element of Dragon, a novel by Clive Cussler.
- Ore, or Or, a play by Duncan Pflaster uses Yamashita's gold as a metaphor for the love lives of modern-day characters, one of whom is trying to determine if a crate of golden statues uncovered in the Philippines was part of Yamashita's hoard or not.
- The Mystery of Yamashita's Map,(2007 Hardcover)(2009 Paperback), a novel written by James McKenzie tells the story of a group of treasure hunters who go in search of Yamashita's gold.
A TV show,"Yamashita's Treasure" was broadcast by Singapore's Media,Mediacorp in 2010
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