A Century on Film S02E14 - Japan through Foreign Eyes: Part 2

Friction between Japan and America over the fighting in China continues to grow. On December 7, 1941, Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Japan occupies Indonesia and local sentiment begins to turn against the Japanese. During the war, Hollywood film director, Frank Capra is engaged to direct a movie to educate American servicemen about Japan. In August 1945, America drops nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Prefecture, and Japan accepts the terms of the Potsdam Declaration. The war is over. Emperor Showa embarks on a tour of his war-ravaged nation, and is welcomed by 50,000 people in Hiroshima.