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{{Nihongo|'''Tragedy of Japan'''|日本の悲劇|Nihon no higeki}} is a Japanese Documentary on Imperial Japan in WW2. It offers a leftist, critical analysis of Imperial Japan before, and during WW2. It was released in 1946 by director [[Fumio Kamei]], during the US Occupation of Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mubi.com/en/us/films/a-japanese-tragedy-1946|title= A JAPANESE TRAGEDY |
{{Nihongo|'''Tragedy of Japan'''|日本の悲劇|Nihon no higeki}} is a Japanese Documentary on Imperial Japan in WW2. It offers a leftist, critical analysis of Imperial Japan before, and during WW2. It was released in 1946 by director [[Fumio Kamei]], during the US Occupation of Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mubi.com/en/us/films/a-japanese-tragedy-1946|title= A JAPANESE TRAGEDY |
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Revision as of 02:30, 5 October 2024
Tragedy of Japan (日本の悲劇, Nihon no higeki) is a Japanese Documentary on Imperial Japan in WW2. It offers a leftist, critical analysis of Imperial Japan before, and during WW2. It was released in 1946 by director Fumio Kamei, during the US Occupation of Japan.[1]
Synopsis
The film describes Imperial Japan through a critical lens. Political repression in Japan, The Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, the assassination of The Japanese prime minister Inukai Tsuyoshi by fascists in 1933, the Anti-Comintern Pact between Germany, and Japan, the Second Sino-Japanese war, and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor are discussed in the film. The film also puts the emperor responsible for the many war-victims.[2] Japan's capitalist class, who sought to acquire foreign markets, is also blamed for the war.[3]
Banning by the US Occupation Authorities
The United States occupied Japan following the end of WW2. They occupied Japan from 1945-1952[4] Kamei's film was subject to an exhibition ban by the Occupation's GHQ for pursuing the Emperor's war responsibility.[5] At the time it has been illegal to criticize the Emperor. The film was put away and given the designation 'communist'.[6]
External Links
- "Nippon no Higeki aka A Japanese Tragedy (Fumio Kamei, 1946)". Nippon Eigasha. 1946.
- "KAMEI FUMIO RETROSPECTIVE 1908-1987" (PDF). University of Michigan.
References
- ^ "A JAPANESE TRAGEDY". Mubi.
- ^ "Tragedy of Japan". IDFA Institute.
- ^ "Tragedy of Japan". Letterboxd.
- ^ "Occupation and Reconstruction of Japan, 1945–52". Office of the Historian.
- ^ "Fumio Kamei". yamagata international documentary film festival.
- ^ "Tragedy of Japan". IDFA Institute.