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This work explores the production of Japanese cinema during the "dark valley" (kurai tanima) period, as the World War II years are sometimes described. The author focuses on how the development of Japanese cinema interacted with government efforts to create a particular culture of nationalism. The discussion is pursued from two angles, the ways in which bureaucrats in the Ministry of Education, the Home Ministry and other institutions came to perceive cinema as a key tool for integrating the Japanese population into the nationalist project and the subsequent policies towards the motion picture business, as well as the mental attitudes and symbolic resources as perceived in the films and as revealed in government promotion practices and which films were given the highest distinctions for their cultural contribution. Cited price is converted from euros and subject to change. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
