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The trio was part of Japan's cultural propaganda efforts during the Second World War, aimed at promoting the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere—a concept that sought to create a bloc of Asian nations ruled by Japan, ostensibly free from Western imperialism due to being controlled by the Japanese colonial empire. [1]
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]
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. [3] [4] Scholar Koyama Eizo has been credited with developing much of the Japanese propaganda framework during that ...
Across the Equator (Japanese: 赤道越えて, Hepburn: Sekidō Koete) is a 1936 Japanese propaganda documentary film directed by Eiji Tsuburaya in his directorial debut. [3] Produced and distributed by Nikkatsu , [ 2 ] it was shot by Tsuburaya from February to August 1935, whom traveled across the Pacific on the cruiser Asama .
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.
First Japanese film to get a foreign release [11] 1936: The Only Son: Yasujirō Ozu: Chishū Ryū: Drama: Osaka Elegy: Kenji Mizoguchi: Isuzu Yamada Yoko Umemura: Drama: Sisters of the Gion: Kenji Mizoguchi: Isuzu Yamada: Drama: 1937: Avalanche: Mikio Naruse [12] The Daughter of the Samurai: Mansaku Itami Arnold Fanck: Setsuko Hara Sesshu ...
Between 1937 and 1945, Japan’s military leaders commissioned official war artists to create images of the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific War. Approximately 200 pictures depicting Japan’s military campaigns were created. These pictures were presented at large-scale exhibitions during the war years. [2]