Japan/America Film Wars: WWII Propaganda and Its Cultural Contexts

by Abé Mark Nornes

With contributions from noted critics and film historians from both countries, The Japan/American Film Wars examines some of the most innovative and disturbing propaganda ever created. It analyzes the conflicting images of these films and their effectiveness in defining public perception of the enemy. It also offers pointed commentary on the power of visual imagery to enhance racial tensions and enforce both positive and negative stereotypes of the Other. In language that is both lively and accessible, the book evaluates the overt and veiled visual messages that influenced public opinion fifty years ago and discovers surprising similarities between these images and those presented during the recent Persian Gulf conflict.
Abé Mark Nornes is an independent critic and a co-ordinator at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Japan. Fukushima Yukio gradauted from the Law Faculty of Chuo University and was a co-ordinator for the 1991 Yamagata International Doc

292 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1994