Reinventing Japan

United States, 1992

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Episode number 5 of Series “The Pacific century”.
This program looks at the peculiar relationship between Japan and the United States that emerged in the wake of World War II. Set to the tunes of big band jazz and including footage of the period never before seen, “Reinventing Japan” captures the spirit of a strange era, full of idealism and democracy as well as bitter betrayals, when one country tried to reinvent another in its image - with surprising and unexpected results.

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Credits

producer

Alex Gibney

production company

Jigsaw Productions

KCTS (Television station : Seattle, Wash.)

Nihon Hoso Kyokai

PBI Productions

Teleac Holland

Duration

01:00:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1992

Appears in

The Pacific century

Group of items

The Pacific century

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

304064

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → United States - Foreign relations - Japan

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

History → Japan - Civilization - American influences

History → Japan - History - 1945-

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Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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