Mujō (The Heartless)2019

Name: Mujō (The Heartless)
Released: 2019
Duration: 11 min

Released circa 1942-1943, Kokumin Dojo (Civilian Training Centre) was a Japanese state-sponsored propaganda film documenting rituals used to convert Taiwanese people into 'imperial' Japanese subjects. This work offers a contemporary critical re-enactment of selfhood and emotional erasure as colonial policy, staging four young immigrants in Japan under off-camera command, synchronised with the original film.

Released: 1. 1. 2019
Runtime: 11 min
Certification: NO
Country, language: JP · JA

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