The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
| The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya | |
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| Directed by | Kajiro Yamamoto |
| Written by | Kajiro Yamamoto |
| Produced by | Nobuyoshi Morita |
| Cinematography | Akira Mimura |
| Edited by | Fusao Hata |
| Music by | Seiichi Suzuki |
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| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Languages | Japanese English |
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya (ハワイ・マレー沖海戦, Hawai Mare Oki Kaisen) 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
- Fumito Matsuo
- Kunio Mita
- Denjirō Ōkōchi
- Jiro Takano
- Daihachiro Takebayashi
- Haruo Tanaka
- Frank Tokunaga as Bunroku Tokunaga
- Hiroshi Yamagawa
See also
- Storm Over the Pacific, Toho, 1960
References
- ^ (in Japanese) [1] accessed 19 January 2009
- ^ a b c Anderson, Joseph L. (1982). The Japanese Film: Art and Industry. Princeton University Press. p. 131. ISBN 0-691-00792-6.
- ^ a b McDonald, Jason (2007). "Hawai Mare Oki Kaisen". Retrieved 11 March 2015.
- ^ IMDB: Cast. Accessed 19 January 2009
External links
- Articles with Japanese-language sources (ja)
- Articles with short description
- 1942 films
- Template film date with 1 release date
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- IMDb ID not in Wikidata
- Japanese World War II propaganda films
- Japanese black-and-white films
- Films directed by Kajiro Yamamoto
- 1942 war films
- Best Film Kinema Junpo Award winners
- Toho films