Films that depict the occupation of Japan, made afterwards

[Peter Larson]

  Hara's Extreme Private Eros Love Song has footage of American soldiers 
in Okinawa. Not occupation since Okinawa was returned in 1972 and since 
it was filmed 20 years after mainland occupation but close enough in 
spirit...

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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