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February/March 1943 foreign movies in Seoul theaters: 8 German films, 1 French film, 1 French-German film, with Kora Terry and Wunschkonzert especially promoted by Imperial Japanese authorities

2023-03-13

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This post will be a continuation of my exploration into the kinds of foreign movies that Seoul residents might have

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Imperial Army general describes crowded movie theaters and cafes in Myeong-dong where Japanese and Korean ‘young people in flashy overcoats would flow into coffee shops, chatting with their friends using exaggerated American gestures’ in his January 1943 essays about daily life in Seoul

2023-01-23

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I found these four ‘slice-of-life’ personal essays written by an Imperial Army general in the Imperial Army press department describing

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In January 1943, Hollywood films were banned in Korea, but 2 French films and 6 German films were showing in Seoul movie theaters: only ‘working women’ could watch Wunschkonzert, a Nazi propaganda drama, and only ‘industrial warriors’ could watch Kora Terry, a German spy thriller

2023-01-20

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In January 1943, exactly eighty years ago, Imperial Japan was at war, but some Seoul residents still had time to

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Hollywood movies and Western cosmetic brands were so popular in pre-WWII Korea that the colonial regime feared that young Koreans were being ‘intoxicated with frivolous Americanism’ by the ‘Jewish devil’ to ‘hold hands in a Western-style manner’ and to ‘advocate the supremacy of romantic love’

2022-12-22

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This article from December 1942, which particularly stands out for its especially anti-Semitic and anti-American messaging, was written to commemorate

Exposing Imperial Japan

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February/March 1943 foreign movies in Seoul theaters: 8 German films, 1 French film, 1 French-German film, with Kora Terry and Wunschkonzert especially promoted by Imperial Japanese authorities

Imperial Army general describes crowded movie theaters and cafes in Myeong-dong where Japanese and Korean ‘young people in flashy overcoats would flow into coffee shops, chatting with their friends using exaggerated American gestures’ in his January 1943 essays about daily life in Seoul

In January 1943, Hollywood films were banned in Korea, but 2 French films and 6 German films were showing in Seoul movie theaters: only ‘working women’ could watch Wunschkonzert, a Nazi propaganda drama, and only ‘industrial warriors’ could watch Kora Terry, a German spy thriller

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