Imaginary conquests: Folktales, film, and the Japanese empire in Asia

• Main Author: DAVIS, Richard M
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: Japanese film; wartime cinema; animation; film musicals; folk tales; Enoken; Asian Studies; Film and Media Studies
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3177; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4434/viewcontent/012_Richard_M._Davis_pv_oa.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This article highlights three family-targeted films made under the wartime Japanese empire: Yamamoto Kajir ō ’s musical comedy Songokū (1940) and Seo Mitsuyo’s animated Momotarō films, Sea Eagles (1943) and Divine Warriors of the Sea (1945). Significantly, these films are based on two fantastical p...