Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945 World War II propaganda film by Frank Capra / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Know Your Enemy: Japan is an American World War II propaganda film about the war in the Pacific directed by Frank Capra, with additional direction by experimental documentary filmmaker Joris Ivens. The film, which was commissioned by the U.S. War Department, sought to educate American soldiers about Japan, its people, society and history, and its totalitarian militaristic government. However, the film never realized its full purpose because its completion was delayed by disputes between Hollywood and Washington, and the abrupt end of the Pacific War soon after the film's release in August 1945. The film's first public screening was in 1977 as part of a PBS special.
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Directed by | Frank Capra Joris Ivens |
Written by | Frank Capra Carl Foreman John Huston Edgar Peterson |
Narrated by | Walter Huston Dana Andrews |
Edited by | Major Aaxton Frank Bracht Elmo Williams Helen van Dongen |
Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin |
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Running time | 63 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |