La guerra de Japón en color
David Batty
Género : Documental
Problema: 13/09/2005
Estudio: Rinoceronte teatral
Duración: 151
País: Uk
Idiomas: Inglés
Idioma: en
Subtítulos: Inglés
Discos: 1
Medio: Dvd
Formato de vídeo : Ntsc
Región: 1
IMdB : 0939626
Upc: 0603497047321
Protagonizada por: Brian Cox
Premios: 1 nominación
Resumen: Se asumió que no existían películas en color en Japón hasta que llegaron las victoriosas fuerzas estadounidenses en 1945. Este DVD es una prueba notable de que esas suposiciones eran verificablemente falsas. Ahora puedes descubrir la historia de una nación en guerra a partir de sus raras películas en color, además de cartas y diarios de quienes la vivieron. Casi todo el material de este documental en color ha sido descubierto recientemente y permite al espectador experimentar la cultura y los eventos japoneses desde una perspectiva completamente nueva. El tema incluye tropas imperiales japonesas en Manchuria de 1931, escenas domésticas notables de Japón de la década de 1930, preparación para la guerra en 1939 e imágenes de ocupación en Shanghai en la década de 1940.
I highly recommend this DVD about Japan in the Second World War. The film does a great job in both the footage and narrative in exploring the Japanese viewpoint of the war. What is also very fascinating is the color footage in the film. Most of the footage shown about the war in the Pacific is black and white, or colorized. This documentary film is actual color footage. Not restored black and white into color: But the real deal here. The film does an excellent job in showing Japan’s experience in the war.
Moreover, the narration is very, very good. You also have first-person accounts of the events of the war: which I have also found to be a plus in any documentary. Primary evidence, be it paper documents or the men who witnessed these historic events give a much more vivid picture when discussing historic events. The pictures in the film are incredible. Almost 95% is in color. And I might add, this footage has never been seen before.
There is also bonus material included in the DVD called “The Last Bomb” which detail the planning and massive attacks of the then Army Air Force on the city of Tokyo. The film shows air combat footage of the Air Force in color. I have seen many of these types of films while I served in the U.S Air Force many years ago, however, this footage compliments the entire rest of the documentary film. There is also footage of the Pacific Campaign dealing with the varoius battles, such as Iwo Jima. Plus, there is footage of post-war Japan, which many documentaries do not focus on, when discussing the war. The DVD is highly recommended.