1945

United States. War Finance Division

Presented as an authentic message from the Japanese people to the American people, this film is actually a fake newsreel designed to counter any views the American moviegoer might have had about the Japanese being a backwards nation. The film employs a white American in yellowface as the Japanese narrator who describes the modern, technological Japan capable of withstanding the American military's attacks. Uses captured feature films and documentaries from the Japanese, including a short sequence from the 1937 German/Japanese co-production "The Daughter of the Samurai" in a brief clip with the actress Setsuko Hara. The film concludes with a plea to buy U.S. war bonds.

United States. War Finance Division; United States. Department of the Treasury

U.S. Treasury Department

Propaganda films.; Short films.

World War, 1939-1945; Finance; Savings bonds; Foreign public opinion, Japanese

Japan; United States

IUL Moving Image Archive

IUL Moving Image Archive

English

1 film reel (16 min.) : sound, black and white ; 16 mm

Statement of Responsibility
produced for War Finance Division, U.S. Treasury Department.

: ocn743367163; OCLC: ocn743367163; OCLC: 743367163