【院生ゼミ】7月13日
【大学院】
This week is the last week of Spring Quarter. We watched an NHK TV documentary program entitled "Newly found Japanese propaganda films made in Java during World War Two"(NHK, 1989, 44 mins, Japanese title「発掘 幻の国策映画 日本軍政下のジャワ」). The program includes the following short films (titles in Indonesian and Japanese):
- 1. 04:30. Kedatangan Perdana Menteri Tojo di Jawa/東條首相ジャワ来訪 (Prime Minister Tojo's arrival in Java)1943-07-06.
- 2. 10:10. Taboengan Oeang Moe/チョキンシマショウ (貯金しましょう, Let's Save Money)
- 3. 12:08. No title (showing scenes of 国民学校 and 東亜の良い子ども)
- 4. 14:38. Perlombaan Bahasa Nippon (Djawa)/ニッポンゴキョオギカイ(日本語競技会, Japanese Speech Contest in Java)
- 5. 17:00. Pemberian Pandji Kapada Tentara Pembela Tanah Air Djawa/ギュウグンダイダンキ (義勇軍大団旗, Granting the Flags of PETA; Defenders of the Homeland)1943-10
- 6. 21:38. Romusha Kekayaan Bangsa/労務者 (Labourers are the Wealth of the Nation).
- 7. 22:26. Oentoek Membangoenkan Asia Baru/新アジア建設 (Building New Asia)
- 8. 28:30. Berdjoeang Mati-Matian/決戦敢闘 (Fight Tooth and Nail)
- 9. 32:21. Tonari Gumi/隣組 (Neighborhood Association)1944-01
- 10. 36:14. Perkenan Kemerdekaan Kepada Indonesia/東印度に将来独立を許容 (Japan Promised Indonesia Independence)1944-09-07
- 11.40:30. No title (独立準備委員会設置の許可. Japan allowed the setting up of the Preparatory Committee for Indonesian Independence)1945-08-07
Some of the film footages were shown at Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in 1997 under the heading Indonesia under Japanese Military Rule.
The films show the phases of the Japanese occupation of Java from the establishment of Japanese education, through the mobilization of workers (romusha, which we discussed in the last week's class), the organization of a voluntary army and Neighborhood Associations, to the final collapse.
The program points out underlying tensions in the Japanese occupation of Java, which include the Indonesian nationalists' apparent collaborative attitude toward the occupying Japanese, and Indonesian people's dissatisfaction at the Japanese occupation expressed in the 1945 PETA revolt in Blitar.
This concludes this quarters' class. The term paper assignment is due 9 August.
Wish you all the best.