The Battle of Hong Kong (香港攻略 英国崩るゝの日) | |
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Directed by | Shigeo Tanaka |
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Distributed by | Daiei Studios |
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Language | Japanese |
The Battle of Hong Kong Honkon kōryaku: Eikoku kuzururu no hi (香港攻略 英国崩るゝの日) ( Chinese: 香港攻略), also known as The Day England Fell, is the sole film made in Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945. [2] The 1942 film was produced by the Japanese Dai Nippon Film Company, was directed by Shigeo Tanaka (田中重雄 Tanaka Shigeo) and featured an all-Japanese cast, but some Hong Kong film personalities were also involved in its making. [3]
The Japanese used the film to spread anti-British propaganda; the film portrays the British as having brutal and racist attitudes while in Hong Kong. [4] This film is now lost. [5]