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The Battle of Hong Kong (film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Battle of Hong Kong' , also known as 'The Day England Fell', is the sole film made in Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945."[http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/HKFA/en/4-1-30a.php Hong Kong Filmography Volume II (19421949)] ." 'Hong Kong Film Archive'. Retrieved 9 November 2009. The 1942 film was produced by the Japanese Dai Nippon Film Company, was directed by Shigeo Tanaka ( 'Tanaka Shigeo') and featured an all-Japanese cast, but some Hong Kong film personalities were also involved in its making.Evans, Alun. "Brassey's Guide to War Films." 2000. [https://books.google.com/books?id=kUjxlTYMNMgC&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=%22The+Day+England+Fell%22&source=web&ots=30DQB9RkWF&sig=_kHI4QIh6ed3th6RmxeESlTGT9g&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result 53].
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.Taylor, Philip M. 'Munitions of the Mind'. 3rd Edition. 2003. [https://books.google.com/books?id=_KS3fBvjkicC&pg=PA239&lpg=PA239&dq=%22The+Day+England+Fell%22&source=web&ots=6oVHUMzsPM&sig=xJ8kZd9Zx1Fgbd7wdE1rONkmBEw&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result 239]. This film is now lost.Salomon, Harald. "[http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/japonica-hu/8/salomon-harald-161/PDF/salomon.pdf 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
See also
* List of Hong Kong films
References
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