The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya (1942)
December 3, 1942Release Date
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya (1942)
December 3, 1942Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.

Denjirō Ōkōchi
Satake

Yataro Kurokawa
Moribe

Setsuko Hara
Kikuko

Kaoru Itō
Yoshikazu Tomoda

Akira Nakamura
Tadaaki Tachibana

Susumu Fujita
Yamashita

Eitarō Shindō
Kurimoto

Fumito Matsuo

Kunio Mita

Fumindo Matsuo
Actor

Kajirō Yamamoto
Director / Screenplay

Nobuyoshi Morita
Producer

Akira Mimura
Director of Photography

Seiichi Suzuki
Original Music Composer

Fusao Hata
Editor

Hiroshi Suzuki
Cinematography
Media.

Details.
Release DateDecember 3, 1942
Original Nameハワイ・マレー沖海戦
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 56m
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The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya (Japanese: ハワイ・マレー沖海戦, Hepburn: Hawai Mare Oki Kaisen) is a 1942 Japanese epic war film directed by Kajiro Yamamoto, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced by Toho and distributed by Film Distribution Corporation, the film is propaganda produced with support from the Navy Ministry that was intended to influence the Japanese public into believing they could prevail in the Pacific War.
The military reportedly converted the idea of a documentary film on the attack on Pearl Harbor that featured special effects since it was difficult to record footage of the attack. Prior to the attack and Japan's subsequent entry into World War II, an Imperial Japanese Navy official met Tsuburaya and requested the production of a film about the attack as soon as possible when the war broke out. Production took place from May to November 1942, on a record breaking budget of ¥770,000.
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya was released on December 3, 1942, to critical acclaim. The film won Kinema Junpo's Best Picture Award and Tsuburaya received an award for his special effects. Reportedly viewed by 100 million people in Japan and its occupied territories, it became the highest-grossing film in the history of Japanese cinema upon its distribution.