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The Resource 731 : two versions of hell, by James Hong, (electronic resource)

731 : two versions of hell, by James Hong, (electronic resource)

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Summary
This is a multi-award winning documentary about Unit 731, Japan s secret World War II biological and chemical weapons facility in the Chinese town of Harbin where biological weapons were developed during the Japanese Occupation. The film uses the same footage as seen from two points of view. The first half gives the perspective of the Chinese government and describes the horrors and atrocities that occurred during World War II at the facility. The second half, using almost the exact same footage, describes Unit 731 from the Japanese revisionist perspective which is largely supported by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Japan. Although its cruel experiments on living people produced thousands of casualties, this activity is still denied by a number of Japanese historians and politicians. Generational change has contributed to the escalating history problem between Japan, China, and the two Koreas. Not only were the majority of Asians born and educated after the war; as a result of the education they received in their own countries, their memories and ideas of the war have become more divergent. Usage of the same shots in both parts of the film ironically demonstrates the potential to misuse film images for political purposes
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (28 min.)
Note
  • Previously released on DVD
  • Title from resource description page (viewed Sept. 1, 2011)
Link
http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?WHIV;1641343
Instance
Label
731 : two versions of hell
Title
731
Title remainder
two versions of hell
Statement of responsibility
by James Hong
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
This is a multi-award winning documentary about Unit 731, Japan s secret World War II biological and chemical weapons facility in the Chinese town of Harbin where biological weapons were developed during the Japanese Occupation. The film uses the same footage as seen from two points of view. The first half gives the perspective of the Chinese government and describes the horrors and atrocities that occurred during World War II at the facility. The second half, using almost the exact same footage, describes Unit 731 from the Japanese revisionist perspective which is largely supported by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Japan. Although its cruel experiments on living people produced thousands of casualties, this activity is still denied by a number of Japanese historians and politicians. Generational change has contributed to the escalating history problem between Japan, China, and the two Koreas. Not only were the majority of Asians born and educated after the war; as a result of the education they received in their own countries, their memories and ideas of the war have become more divergent. Usage of the same shots in both parts of the film ironically demonstrates the potential to misuse film images for political purposes
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VaAlASP
Characteristic
videorecording
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Hong, James T
Language note
English
Runtime
28
Series statement
World history in video
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Japan
  • Japan
  • Biological warfare
  • Biological warfare
  • Human experimentation in medicine
  • Human experimentation in medicine
  • Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
  • Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
  • Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
  • Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
731 : two versions of hell, by James Hong, (electronic resource)
Link
http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?WHIV;1641343
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Previously released on DVD
  • Title from resource description page (viewed Sept. 1, 2011)
Antecedent source
file reproduced from original
Control code
ASP1641343/whiv
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (28 min.)
Form of item
electronic
Medium for sound
other
Reformatting quality
access
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
  • remote
  • other
System control number
  • (Sirsi) a213040
  • (OCoLC)767805885
Video recording format
other
Label
731 : two versions of hell, by James Hong, (electronic resource)
Link
http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?WHIV;1641343
Publication
Note
  • Previously released on DVD
  • Title from resource description page (viewed Sept. 1, 2011)
Antecedent source
file reproduced from original
Control code
ASP1641343/whiv
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (28 min.)
Form of item
electronic
Medium for sound
other
Reformatting quality
access
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
  • remote
  • other
System control number
  • (Sirsi) a213040
  • (OCoLC)767805885
Video recording format
other

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