The Battle of Hong Kong (film)
| The Battle of Hong Kong (香港攻略 英国崩るゝの日) | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Shigeo Tanaka |
| Starring |
Ichirô Izawa Kiyo Kuroda Yasushi Nagata Jun Usami Masao Wakahara |
Production company |
Dai Nippon Film Company |
| Distributed by | Daiei Studios |
Release dates | 19 November 1942[1] |
| Country |
Hong Kong Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Battle of Hong Kong Honkon kōryaku: Eikoku kuzururu no hi (香港攻略 英国崩るゝの日) (Chinese: 香港攻略), also known as The Day England Fell, is the sole film made in Hong Kong during the Japanese Occupation from 1941 to 1945.[2] The 1942 film was produced by the Japanese Dai Nippon Film Company, was directed by Shigeo Tanaka (田中重雄 Tanaka Shigeo) and featured an all-Japanese cast, but some Hong Kong film personalities were also involved in its making.[3]
The Japanese used the film to spread anti-British propaganda; the film portrays the British as having brutal and racist attitudes while in Hong Kong.[4] This film is now lost.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034697/releaseinfo
- ↑ "Hong Kong Filmography Volume II (1942-1949)." Hong Kong Film Archive. Accessed 9 November 2009.
- ↑ Evans, Alun. "Brassey's Guide to War Films." 2000. 53.
- ↑ Taylor, Philip M. Munitions of the Mind. 3rd Edition. 2003. 239.
- ↑ Salomon, Harald. "National Policy Films (kokusaku eiga) and Their Audiences New Developments in Research on Wartime Japanese Cinema." Japonica Humboldtiana 8 (2004). p. 161-176. CITED: p. 175
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