A matter of translation

[Mathieu Capel]

Dear Kinejapaners,

I am sorry to bother you for such a small problem : translating Oshima's
"Cruel Story of Youth Notebook" published in 1963's Sengo eiga hakai to
sôzô, I am now facing the usual problem of Japanese names and other proper
nouns. In Oshima 4th notebook, he reviews several people's point of view
regarding the script for his next film : the second one appears as 織田宣伝部,
which name one shall read as "Oda Sendenbu". Does someone know who that Oda
was ? The point here is actually about that "sendenbu", and the accurate
meaning of that "publicity department" : would it be Shochiku's or another
studio ? Would Oda be the head or a member of the department ? Or would it
be something totally different ?
Could someone give me some hint ?
Many thanks, as always,

Mathieu Capel
Paris
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