Fuku-chan no Sensuikan

Fuku-chan was one of the most popular newspaper comic strip boy-characters in Japan at the time. The film portrays a submarine attack on an enemy cargo ship. Though this, too, was to boost patriotism, Japanese children particularly enjoyed the scenes in which the kitchen crew cooked in the submarine kitchen. Released in November of the same year, the food shortage was quite serious in Japan, and the abundant food supply in the submarine kitchen -- vegetables, fruit, fish, rice, and more which were already luxury items in Japan at the time -- was prepared into various dishes along with a merry, rhythmic song.

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Fuchida, Fukuo Main

Yokoyama, Ryuuichi Episode Director, Original Creator

Mochinaga, Tadahito Director of Photography

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Feb 13, 2021

AlanDSouza1

Mixed Feelings

Fuku-chan's submarine has surprisingly turned out to be the better one of the various Japanese war propaganda films I've come to watch so far. The amount of detail in every frame is quite a sight to behold. From the backgrounds in nature to the inner walls of the submarine, I never felt the quality of the art direction drop from its stellar heights.

As far as pacing goes, the movie is a slow crawl. It's goal is propaganda and it works on that with a hammer instead of a precision tool. Patriotism and fervor are a constant refrain throughout the film, but the plot drags ... along at a snail's pace leaving me impatient.

The sound design was poor here. I'm unsure if this was an artifact of the archival process of a lack of budget during production. Sound effects didn't fit the context of the visuals more often than I would like.

I found it eery how similar the movie feels to the German feature Das Boot, also about a submarine's escapades during the World War.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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