Manchukuo Japanese China Propaganda Film

[yoshitsunekhan]

＠supplysargent

You mean zhan zuolin's era was so much better than japanese?

[v19d]

Chiang Kai Sheik was a racist that smahsed Imperial Tombs. That was one of the excuses for the Japanese to invade China not in 1937 but in 1932

[hbowman108]

ROTFL! They claim to have "introduced" soybeans to Manchuria! Wasn't that done around 2000 years ago?

[LastCommodore]

How is this propaganda? The film does not promote any ideology. It is basically a newsreel or documentary about Manchuria's economy.

[supplysargent]

@LastCommodore The film attempts to justify Japan's invasion of Manchukuo, suggesting that Japan is developing the region. It is clearly propaganda and a demonstration of imperialism. Just as the Europeans claimed that they were developing (and not exploiting) colonies, Japan claimed that their aim was to further Chinese society. The reality was different. According to historians, more than 10 million Chinese were mobilized by the Kwangtung Army for slave work in Manchukuo under the Kōa-in.

[LastCommodore]

@supplysargent  Thanks for your reply, but Japanese justification is not what I got from this film at all. I have viewed it and listened to the narration more than once and stand by my earlier comment.

[supplysargent]

@LastCommodore Perhaps you do not understand the purpose of this film, as the Japanese saw it. Let me put it inhistoric context. Japan forcefully seized the territory that they called Manchukuo, enslaved the population, deprived them of basic human rights, and eventually committed numerous atrocities including enslavement, all the while telling the world that they were simply "developing" the territory. This "documentary" film is part of their propaganda effort in this regard.

[NeoPalladio]

@LastCommodore

You think newsreels and documentaries don't promote ideologies? "A barren and desolate land has been transformed into a great commercial center." There you go. That's the ideology that's being promoted: That Japan's involvement in Manchuria is not only beneficial, but designed to benefit the native population. In fact, the Japanese invaded Manchuria, seized by military force and used it primarily to stage their war machine for Japan's forthcoming invasion of china.

[NeoPalladio]

Manchuria's location and abundant natural resources made it the perfect base to invade china. The native population was virtually enslaved and "Manchukuo" became one of the world's most brutally run regions. Through terror, violence and intimidation the native population was cowed into submission: privately owned farms and businesses were seized and became state run. Due process was nonexistent. When the League of Nations condemned Japan's actions in Manchuria, Japan resigned it's membership.

[kuinosenmonkey]

@NeoPalladio

There is no fact that Japan tried to invade China. The reason to which Japan participated in Manchuria was for coping with the threat of the Soviet Union and communism. Because Japan eliminated cruel military cliques or bandits and maintained the peace and order, the population of Manchuria increased and prospered very much.

[kuinosenmonkey]

The capital of Manchuria

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「そうだ　満州、行こう。」

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[NeoPalladio]

@kuinosenmonkey

That argument is as ludicrous as it is offensive. So a country that seizes and occupies a foreign country is only doing so as guardians and protectors of the native people? This dubious defense has been used by every imperialist government in history, and it's nothing but colonialist chauvinism. And what do you mean Japan didn't try to invade China? What about when Japan invaded and seized Manchuria in 1931? Or the full scale invasion that began in 1937? or The Rape of Nanking?

[kuinosenmonkey]

@NeoPalladio

The Wartime History of Japan, Rin Toshite Ai, 凛として愛 4/7

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Battle of Shanghai 1937 3of4 Air Operation of IJNAF

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Japan was not a colonialist.

Japan only fought the defense war against the colonialists.

[kuinosenmonkey]

@NeoPalladio

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THE FAKE OF NANKING - 1

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Talk between Jin Matsubara and Shoichi Watanabe(1-2)

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[kuinosenmonkey]

@NeoPalladio

Every photo of NANKING MASSACRE seems to be fake.

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Fabricated Japanese history in WW2 by Japan's Asahi Shimbun

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[LukeLTV]

@AlaizterURMOM Did you know your mom dropped you on you head when you were born and gave you eternal brain damage, and because of that you eat crap as a hobby, just a fun fact! :)

[harbin88]

豆饼!

[sliversoul]

wasnt the japanese killing all the people not helping?

[grendelsan]

Indeed Japan was bringing modernity to many of its colonial possessions, but it was not for the benefit of the colonies. All was to help Japan.

[equn]

@grendelsan There are also difference between how they treat colonies. In their early stages, namely Taiwan, they treat the locals pretty well. Then in Korea and Manchuria, things getting worse. Then when it comes to China it's totally a different story.

[kuinosenmonkey]

@equn

Korea under Japanese rule 1931

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[chrysan6128]

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[catinchanel]

@chrysan6128 -unless you actually lived there at the time, your conclusion is a stretch, isn't it? Happiness of who? for the poor japanese farmers migrated there to start a new life- maybe. My grandma is an ethnic manchu living in Manchuria and she didn't find happiness under the japanese occupation, where a chinese will be executed for eating rice. (they still did, but had to be ultra careful). I agree that they did developed the area. But happiness is an entire different issue.

[chrysan6128]

@grendelsan According to the statistics,　Population of Manchoukou

. 1932 34million including Japanese 240000

1938 39 million

1941 43 million including Japanese1,55million

Japan constructed the infra-structure of Manchuria that contributed to manchurian people.

[grendelsan]

@chrysan6128 That's true. My point is, Japanese imperialism was intended for the direct benefit of the Japanese homeland. By strengthening infrastructure in its colonies, Japan could create a stronger territory which it could exploit. Yes, Japan's colonial possessions benefited from this, but that's not because Japan was benevolently advancing the colonies for the fun of it. Japan was doing it for Japan.

[harbin88]

@sliversoul They kill or imprison those Chinese that don't follow their orders and submit to Japanese occupation force. They killed millions of Chinese. They set up huge "731部隊の真実 the truth of Harbin Unit 731(English Narration)" to do experiement on live Chinese and Russians. You can check the video by searching "731部隊の真実 the truth of Harbin Unit 731(English Narration) "