Manchukuo Film Association Movie Trailers

Winter Jasmine Trailer (1942)

21 March 1942

An inept and recently graduated Japanese man begins working in the administration of Manchuria, under the supervision of his uncle.

Based on the true story of a 17-year old Atayal girl called Sayun Hayun from Nan'oku village, Giran district, Taihoku Prefecture (in current Taiwan) who went missing and was thought to have drowned whilst helping carry the luggage of her teacher Masaki Takita during a storm in 1938.

My Nightingale Trailer (1944)

24 March 1944

Sumida is separated from his wife and daughter when conflict erupts in Harbin. Years later, he finds that his wife passed away and her daughter was adopted by his friends at the Russian opera company.

Eternity Trailer (1943)

01 June 1943

The life and story of Lin Zexu and the First Opium War.

Travels to the East Trailer (1940)

07 February 1940

Shot mostly in Tokyo, this comedy depicts two Chinese tourists who have travelled from their country to Japan in order to experience the latter country.

Brides of the Frontier Trailer (1943)

01 January 1943

The only surviving film directed by Tazuko Sakane. A propaganda film to encourage Japanese young woman to move to Manchuria to become the wives of Japanese emigrants, so-called brides of the Continent.

Retribution of the Vengeful Spirit Trailer (1939)

01 January 1939

Lice Are Scary Trailer (1943)

06 June 1943

Public Information short film by Tai Katō

Song of the White Orchid Trailer (1939)

30 November 1939

Song of the White Orchid was a co-production of Toho and Mantetsu, the railway that served the colonial region of Manchuria, and the first film in the Kazuo Hasegawa/Shirley Yamaguchi (Ri Koran) “Continental Trilogy.