Screening Enlightenment: Hollywood and the Cultural Reconstruction of Defeated Japan

by Hiroshi Kitamura

Book Overview

During the six-and-a-half-year occupation of Japan (1945-1952), U.S. film studios--in close coordination with Douglas MacArthur's Supreme Command for the Allied Powers--launched an ambitious campaign to extend their power and influence in a historically rich but challenging film market. In this far-reaching "enlightenment campaign," Hollywood studios disseminated more than six hundred films to theaters, earned significant profits, and showcased...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501713620
• ISBN13: 9781501713620
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher