Films that depict the occupation of Japan, made afterwards

[Peter Larson]

  Mizoguchi's Street of Shame at least hints at the occupation's 
influence. I think there are English signs that can be seen in a couple 
of the shots or maybe I'm getting it mixed up with another film.

Pete


On 2010/09/07 15:47, Thomas LaMarre, Prof. wrote:
> There is also Setouchi sh?nen yaky? dan (1984), released in English as MacArthur's Children (no kidding).  Definitely worth a look.
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> Tom
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> On 07/09/10 3:04 PM, "Aaron Gerow"<aaron.gerow at yale.edu>  wrote:
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> Kinoshita Keisuke's Nihon no higeki, which was made right after the
> Occupation in 1953, concertedly places its hahamono story in history
> and uses lots of newsreel footage, as well as "flashbacks" of
> Occupation hardships, to do that. In the newsreel-like footage, there
> are shots of American soldiers, including a pretty powerful one of
> American soldiers cavorting with "panpan" girls. I haven't seen many
> images like that in 1950s cinema.
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> Kobayashi Masaki's Kuroi kawa from 1956 has many images of American
> soldiers, though I don't recall if any of them were specifically set
> in the Occupation.
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> I think a lot of films in the yakuza or action genres, especially
> ones with a historical bent like Fukasaku's Jinginaki tatakai, will
> depict aspects of the Occupation, including American soldiers.
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