Man'ei Films

Sun Jan 13 11:22:33 EST 2008

By the way, a quick query about film production in wartime Manchuria.

  During the war, Man'ei made some films which have distinctly Chinese-looking titles (ie, no kana in the titles; characters that don't seem to have been in regular use in prewar / wartime Japanese). Examples include the films that Shigeyoshi Suzuki realised while in Manchuria between 1939 and 1945.

  My question is, were these films intended for showing exclusive to local audiences? Or were they exported back to Japan as records of customs in the colonies, or to encourage emigration? If the latter, would there also be an expected Japanese-style reading of these titles, as there sometimes is for Chinese place names or famous works of literature and so forth?

  I shall be grateful for any clarification!

  Best,

  ALEX

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