My Japan

Duration: 20min

Year Published: 1945

Creator: US Navy; United States Treasury Department

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: Sound

Description: Presented as an authentic message from the Japanese people to the American people, this film is actually a fake newsreel designed to counter any views the American moviegoer might have had about the Japanese being a backwards nation. The film employs a white American in yellowface as the Japanese narrator who describes the modern, technological Japan capable of withstanding the American military's attacks. Uses captured feature films and documentaries from the Japanese, including a short sequence from the 1937 German/Japanese co-production "The Daughter of the Samurai" in a brief clip with the actress Setsuko Hara. The film concludes with a plea to buy U.S. war bonds., A: Access CP: Composite Positive AC: Acetate B: 800' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Silent

Complete Record: Dewey number: 940.535 Audience level: jh-sh-c-trade-adult Format/cost: 16-sd-rent 50c Distributors / rental: Not shown in source

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946

2 users have this film:
Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive, Library of Congress

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Record added: 2026-07-02 14:42:50