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★★★★★ · Life in Manchukuo · bhikku · 2010-09-05
1930s, Beaux Art Productions. This film contains many interesting things which are conveniently omitted from modern histories: 1) The extent of Western involvement in Manchukuo industries and cooperation with them. 2) The sheer mass of Japanese people who moved to Manchukuo to build infrastructure and modernize the region. 3) The unimaginable number of structures, trains, etc. Japan built in Manchukuo. You can also see interesting things, e.g. the large streets of Mukden and Hsinking, almost certainly built with tanks in mind. As other reviewers pointed out, the Japanese military-industrial…
★★★★ · puppet2 · Wilford B. Wolf · 2009-06-07
Another film about Manchukuo, c. 1937. While this one has sound, it uses much the same stock footage as "Manchuria (Manchukuo)" and even some of the same text. But, like that other film, it can't seem to figure out if it is a travelogue or an educational film. From the tone, it sounds like this one is more aimed at a general audience. The announcer (which sounds like it was done in one take over the already cut footage) bookends his comments on how this shows why there is conflict in Manchukuo, but then makes asides and attempts at humorous comments about the scenes. The overall tone is again…
★★★★ · Strange Film · donwert · 2010-08-31
This is a very odd film---almost a paen to the Japanese occupation of Manchuria. It is filled with praise for the modern development of Manchurian cities and natural resources which, we are told, is due to the Japanese. Nary a word that Japan brutally treated the Chinese and used them as virtual slaves. If this film was made in 1937, Japan had been at war in China for 6 years and had wrought countless atrocities and vast destruction. Indeed, official U.S. policy rightly regarded the Japanese as an aggressor nation in 1937, Japan having walked out of the League of Nations several years…
★★★ · Alright.. · Spuzz · 2012-05-15
I thought I was so smart, thinking this film was made by the people who made Bee City and Ant City, but I was WRONGGGG. Anyways, this is a bit more homemovieish (He tends to get folksy in his narration) more than historical, but there's some good footage of "Modern" Manchuria here for you.