History Of Japanese Documentary Film pre 1945

Aaron Gerow gerow
Thu Dec 13 03:22:54 EST 2001


>I am looking for English language publications or articles on the above
>theme.

The first place to look is the dissertation of Markus Nornes: 

Forest of pressure: a history of Japanese documentary to 1946 (USC, 1996)

Looking up Markus's other articles is also important.

The second place is the publications of the Yamagata International 
Documentary Film Festival, which are usually produced in English and 
Japanese.

Documentary Box has had several articles/interviews on prewar or wartime 
Japanese film: 

http://www.city.yamagata.yamagata.jp/yidff/docbox/docbox-e.html

Then there are the special events catalogs:

http://www.city.yamagata.yamagata.jp/yidff/catalog/catalog1-e.html

In particular, the Kamei Fumio, Imperial Japan at the Movies, and Media 
Wars Then and Now catalogs are most relevant.  Some of these you can 
order.

Aaron Gerow
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International Student Center
Yokohama National University
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