Japanese and Hong Kong film industries : understanding the origins of East Asian film networks / Kinnia Shuk-ting Yau.

Includes index.

Hong Kong and Japanese cinemas before and during wartime. Connections before the war -- Exhibition of Japanese movies in Hong Kong -- Ideas of importing Japanese technologies and the relevant activities -- Significance of Hong Kong as an anti-Japanese foundation -- KMT's prohibition against Cantonese filmmaking -- Anti-Japanese activities of Shanghai filmmakers in Hong Kong -- Hong Kong cinema under Japanese occupation -- Japanese army's view on Hong Kong cinema -- Japanese movies produced in Hong Kong during the occupation -- Exile of Chinese artists and its significance -- Connection between Chinese and Japanese cinemas initiated by Zhonghua dianying. Story of Zhonghua dianying from 1939 to 1945 -- Controversy over Zhonghua dianying -- Disagreements between Japanese army and filmmakers -- Different views towards the export of Japanese movies -- Designs and actions of Kawakita Nagamasa -- Characteristics of Shanghai cinema -- Experiences Shanghai intellects gained from Japanese movies -- Significance of Xin Yingtan -- Exhibition of Japanese movies in the old concessions -- Japanese views on Shanghai movies -- Inferior technology -- Animation and horror -- Significance of wartime co-productions -- Succession of movies of mainland China -- From eternity to remorse in Shanghai -- Immediate causes of Hong Kong-Japan collaboration. Hong Kong cinema under the division between left and right -- Confrontation between leftists and rightists in post-war Hong Kong cinema -- Ideas and actions of Zhang Shankun.

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