The impact of the Japanese occupation on colonial and anti-colonial armies in Southeast Asia

Ahmad, Abu Talib

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“…Civil society does not exist; if it does, it remains tremendously weak or lacks political independence and relents to state control 2 . The Japanese political system that existed until the end of World War II, in Nigeria until 1975, and in Myanmar until 2010, and Egypt until 2011, and Tunisia until 2011and in Sudan until 2019 can considered military dictatorships during which military juntas ruled unchallenged 3 .…”

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Southeast Asia political Systems Development: Democracy or Democratization Politics

Elharthi

2020

J Int Polit

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Section: Vis Undemocratic Governmentsmentioning

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Southeast Asia political Systems Development: Democracy or Democratization Politics

Elharthi

2020

J Int Polit

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Selling The Past in Films: Shaw Brothers and The Japanese Occupation of Malaya

Yow¹,

Emang²

2016

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This article aims to examine the representation of Japanese occupation of Malaya in films produced by Shaw Brothers during the Golden Era of Malay cinema, namely "Sergeant Hassan" (1958) and "Matahari" (1958). Currently, films depicting the past are relatively less prevalent in Malaysia, and scholarly analysis is comparatively less conducted on such films. Hence, the authors try to analyse how the films, in a given context, which reconstruct and reflect the historical past are experienced by the society at large. Bearing in mind that the films are based on a similar subject (Japanese occupation as its backdrop), it is important to determine why different receptions were registered from the audiences on both films. This prompted the authors to examine the reasons why these two films received a different level of popularity from their contemporary audiences (in the late 1950s). In this article, both the textual and contextual analysis will be employed: the former method is used to interpret the meanings constructed through the film's text and promotional materials for both films. The latter would explore the historical circumstances that shaped both the production and reception of the films. This is mainly through promotional materials as well as secondary sources through interviews conducted by third party researchers who had interviewed Shaw Brothers and those who had experience working with them. The findings of this article indicate that the Shaw Brothers were ambitious with their films projects about the Japanese Occupation by widening the promotion of "Sergeant Hassan" to a wider audience and not limited it solely to the Malays 1. By capitalising on the historical pasts that the contemporary audiences (in the late 1950s) had personally experienced, Shaw Brothers had embarked on the complex relationship of socio-political and economic conditions which had also shaped different receptions towards these films.

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The impact of the Japanese occupation on colonial and anti-colonial armies in Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia political Systems Development: Democracy or Democratization Politics

Southeast Asia political Systems Development: Democracy or Democratization Politics

Selling The Past in Films: Shaw Brothers and The Japanese Occupation of Malaya

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