The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
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Directed by | Kajiro Yamamoto Motoyoshi Oda (assistant director) |
Written by | Kajiro Yamamoto |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya (ハワイ・マレー沖海戦) is a 1942 black-and-white Japanese war film directed by Kajiro Yamamoto, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.
Production[]
Hawai Mare oki kaisen was the most costly film made in Japan up to that time, costing over $380,000, when a typical film cost no more than $40,000.[2][3] It used special effects and miniature models to create realistic battle scenes. These were intercut with genuine newsreel material to create the appearance of a documentary. The film was released during the week of the first anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
The special effects are by Eiji Tsuburaya.[4]
It was confiscated by Supreme Command Allied Powers after the war, who mistook it for genuine news footage of the attack, and it was released by Movietone as such.[2][3]
Reception[]
Joseph L. Anderson comments that Hawai Mare oki kaisen was "representative of the national-policy films", with the aim of dramatising "the Navy Spirit as culminated at Pearl Harbor." Critics at the time considered it the best film of 1942.[2]
Cast[]
- Susumu Fujita
- Setsuko Hara
- Denjirō Ōkōchi
- Haruo Tanaka
- Frank Tokunaga as Bunroku Tokunaga
See also[]
- Storm Over the Pacific, Toho, 1960
References[]
- ^ (in Japanese) [1] accessed 19 January 2009
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Anderson, Joseph L. (1982). The Japanese Film: Art and Industry. Princeton University Press. p. 131. ISBN 0-691-00792-6.
- ^ Jump up to: a b McDonald, Jason (2007). "Hawai Mare Oki Kaisen". Retrieved 11 March 2015.
- ^ IMDB: Cast. Accessed 19 January 2009
External links[]
- 1942 films
- Japanese-language films
- Japanese films
- Japanese World War II propaganda films
- Japanese black-and-white films
- Films directed by Kajiro Yamamoto
- 1940s war films
- Best Film Kinema Junpo Award winners
- Toho films