KYOTO INTERNATIONAL FILM AND ART FESTIVAL

At the beginning of the Showa period (1926-1989), motion picture films were sold as toy films and small films for general home use. The films included not only popular period dramas and animations, but also now valuable documentary footage of Showa history, such as the Emperor's Grand Ceremony and the Manchurian Incident, which were viewed on hand-cranked projectors. The images recorded by the film departments of newspapers before WWII are historical testimonies and a cultural heritage of humanity. This film attempts to edit these images in the hope that connecting them in chronological order might reveal a forgotten aspect of Showa history. In this film festival, we will present a shortened version up to the Manchurian Incident and the Shanghai Incident to show how Japan became involved in the war.

Director

Yoneo Ota

Written by

Yoneo Ota

Music

Emi Yanashita

Country

Japan

Year

2021