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Japan's War in Colour | 
 enlarge | Actor: Brian Cox
Studio: Rhino Theatrical
Category: DVD
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 8078
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 151 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: RHID0473D
UPC: 603497047321
EAN: 0603497047321
ASIN: B000AQ69QI
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: September 13, 2005
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Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 09/13/2005 Run time: 151 minutes
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 Good overview and color footage of Japan's entry into the war July 29, 2010
Reptile (San Francisco, CA United States)
This is an excellent program showing very old footage of Tokyo before WWII that was not thought to exist in color. Also the narration by Brian Cox is very good. This program includes many letter readings by some Japanese who understood the insanity and fatalism of their position. It also shows why the Japanese were so motivated to go to war and what kept them going to the breaking point. This is actually part of a series of programs that apparently are only partially still in production...this one, and the "Hitler: In Colour" (also VERY excellent). "Britain at War: In Colour" seems no longer produced for Region 2 (USA). Too bad.
 Bonzai June 13, 2010
Frank Lewis (Chicago,IL USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was very disappointed in this item. It seems, for whatever reason, the producers glossed over the reality of the actions committed by the Japanese armies wherever they fought. It could have been better.
Very interesting. April 10, 2010
Ray (perth west australia)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
After watching this dvd it gave me a better idea of what was happening in Japan and why they went to war, If only they had more film footage of Japan in the thirties it was very interesting.
EERIE!!!! March 27, 2010
Christopher G. Johnson (Hattiesburg MS)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Wonderful narration by Brian Cox ,this is the personification of EVIL IN FULL COLOR...Strange ...When you watch this it makes you realise that the Japanese really wanted WORLD DOMINATION .
 Good film September 13, 2008
Cosmoetica (New York, USA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Overall, Japan's War In Colour is a rarity- and a must see for historians of war and war buffs alike. The scenes of color footage, especially that from American airplanes, is devastating- far better than not only contemporary war films, but anything Hollywood has put out since, and if one recalls the video game-like atmosphere surrounding the First Gulf War, it will surprise one to see how eerily similar scenes from half a century were, as we hear tailgunners lock in and obliterate their targets with great precision; sometimes even shooting fleeing Japanese civilians in fields or on beaches. But it is more than a mere filmic experience. It captures a human quality too often missing in war films, be they fictive or documentary. There is an ambience to this film which, because it is in color, heightens the sense of reality and immediacy of the ghostly images before you. Almost all of these people are likely long dead, yet, there they are, not in grainy black and white, but, as the old tv slogan went, in `living color.' Their living, then hollowed, expressions core into a viewer like only the naked image can.
Finally, this film also sets the record straight about the neglected `Pacific War'- that it was even bloodier than the `European War,' accounting for close to 50 million of the 80 million people killed. Such truths are often not touched in documentaries where political sensitivities are heightened, and for that reason I doubt this DVD will be a big seller in Japan. Yet, for these and many other unenumerated reasons, I cannot recommend Japan's War In Colour highly enough. And, as a cherry (blossom?) on top, it once again proved my gut has never has never let me down. Nor will it let yours down. It is simply a masterful film, in both conception and presentation. Take that, Mr. Burns!
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