Mr. Smith Goes to Tokyo: Japanese Cinema Under the American Occupation, 1945-1952 (Smithsonian Studies in the History of Film and Television) - Softcover

Hirano, Kyoko

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1560984023 ISBN 13: 9781560984023

Publisher: Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1994

Synopsis

Relates the history of Japanese cinema during the U.S. occupation and sheds light on modern U.S.-Japanese relations

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From Library Journal:

The U.S. occupational government exercised considerable control over postwar Japan, even exercising systematic review and censorship of Japanese films. Themes prohibited by the government's Civil Information and Education Section included militarism, suicide, revenge, nationalism, and racial and religious discrimination, and films condoning the exploitation of children, the degradation of women, or anything at variance with the Potsdam Declaration were also banned. Among the valuable sources consulted by the author, who is the director of the Japan Society's Film Center in New York, were declassified occupation government documents from Washington and Tokyo. This fascinating scholarly study is highly recommended for cinema and history collections.
- Richard W. Grefrath, Univ. of Nevada Lib., Reno
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Smithsonian Inst Pr
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1560984023
• ISBN 13: 9781560984023
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400