Japanese Behaviour Reel 2

Japanese Behaviour Reel 2 Office of Strategic Services - Japanese Background Study Program Part 3 - On the psychology and living habits of the Japanese people. NB Many scenes taken from pre-1941 Japanese feature films. Entertainment in Japan. VS sports: Sumo wrestling match in progress - CUs; Jiu-jitsu; Kendo fencing; horse racing, golf, tennis and baseball - had become popular in pre-War Japan. 08:34:38 Man and woman in living room, man smokes pipe; zoom in on poster for Marx Brothers ‘Duck Soup’ on wall. Social gathering - Japanese men and women, man plays saxophone - popularity of ‘Tin Pan Alley’ music - singing. EXT nightclub signs - ‘Ginza Kaikan’ - couples inside dancing - saxophonist starts singing. MCU man deciding whether to drink American cocktail or Japanese sake - drinks both - jazz band playing - Geisha plays traditional instrument to bored-looking Japanese man. 08:36:07 “Romance, Western-style” - Man plays accordion and sings to woman on balcony - some lines in English. Single women wait for men to ask them to dance. 08:38:05 VS traditional Japanese dance and theatre inc. Kabuki - ‘Lion Dance’ by famous Japanese actor - Geisha dance - masks. 08:40:34 American cartoon drawn to symbolise development of Japanese culture w/ Chinese and Western influences. 08:41:43 Japanese garden scenes - immaculately maintained - need to control nature. WWII. Customs.