Word: chimbotsu
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...directors seem intent on pandering to the yens of teen-agers with such potboiler adventures as Nihon Chimbotsu (Submersion of Japan) and with action comedies centering on everyday life like Turaku Yam (Truck Rascals). Another new trend is toward the realistic documentation of World War II. Advance into the Pacific made use of combat footage shot by both American and Japanese cameramen. Hero in the Sky, a film about one of Japan's greatest wartime aces, may end up violating the postwar taboo on celebrating Japanese feats...
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