Kokusaku films found

[Aaron Gerow]

The Mainichi reported that at least three important kokusaku eiga  
(national policy films) from the wartime era have been unearthed by the  
researcher Nishimura Kenji. A friend of his had a collection of about  
600 films, 300 of which were kokusaku eiga (mostly documentaries or  
bunka eiga). The films are as follows:

Toa no shizume: Rikugun kinenbi o iwau uta (1936)
Ikita imonbukuro (1942)
Aikoku koshinkyoku (1938)

http://www.mainichi-msn.co.jp/shakai/gakugei/news/ 
20050719k0000m040120000c.html

The films will be included in a DVD of 16 similar prewar kokusaku eiga  
to be sold by Nichiei (Nihon Eiga Shinsha):

http://www.n-eigashinsha.jp/


Aaron Gerow
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Film Studies Program
Assistant Professor
Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
Yale University
53 Wall Street, Room 316
PO Box 208363
New Haven, CT 06520-8363
USA
Phone: 1-203-432-7082
Fax: 1-203-432-6764
e-mail: aaron.gerow at yale.edu