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In Japan, like in most other countries, propaganda has been a significant phenomenon during the 20th century. [1] Propaganda activities in Japan have been discussed as far back as the Russo-Japanese War of the first decade of the 20th century. [2] Propaganda activities peaked during the period of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
Japanese propaganda poster featuring Japanese agrarian immigrants in Manchukuo, designed for English speakers. The Allies were also attacked as weak and effete, unable to sustain a long war, a view at first supported by a string of victories. [176] The lack of a warrior tradition such as bushido reinforced this belief. [177]
Although Japan's light industry had secured a share of the world market, Japan returned to debtor-nation status soon after the end of the war. The ease of Japan's victory, the negative impact of the Shōwa recession in 1926, and internal political instabilities helped contribute to the rise of Japanese militarism in the late 1920s to 1930s.
Pages in category "Japanese propaganda films" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
The origins of the Second Sino-Japanese War can be traced to the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895), in which China, then under the rule of the Qing dynasty, was defeated by Japan and forced to cede Taiwan and recognize the full and complete independence of Korea in the Treaty of Shimonoseki.
Japanese military observers stationed in Europe noted effectiveness of flamethrowers during the trench warfare conditions of World War I, particularly against battlefield fortifications, bunkers, pillboxes and similar protected emplacements, which had given the Japanese Army such grief during the Siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905.
1930: Aiyoku no ki: Heinosuke Gosho: Kinuyo Tanaka, Ichiro Yuki: The Army Advances: Kiyohiko Ushihara: Denmei Suzuki, Kinuyo Tanaka: War drama [1] Furusato: Kenji Mizoguchi: Yoshie Fujiwara Shizue Natsukawa: Japan's second feature-length talkie (after Taii no Musume (The Captain's Daughter)) Love Is Strength: Mikio Naruse: Hiroko Kawasaki ...
A Japanese propaganda film in 1934 portrayed foreign national flags as incomplete or defective with their designs, whilst portraying the Japanese flag as perfect in all forms. [29] In 1937, a group of girls from Hiroshima Prefecture showed solidarity with Japanese soldiers fighting in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War , by eating "flag ...