North China Film

...Following the promulgation of the National Mobilization Law in 1938, the Film Law was enacted in 1939, when World War II began, which legalized a licensing system for film production and distribution, a registration system for filmmakers (directors, actors, cameramen), advance censorship of feature film scripts, compulsory screening of cultural films and newsreels, and restrictions on the screening of foreign films. During this time, the Manchuria Film Association was established in northeastern China in 1937, when the Sino-Japanese Incident occurred, and China Film Company was established in Nanjing, China, and North China Film Company in Beijing, China, both of which were state-sponsored companies, in 1939, when the Film Law went into effect, and film production by the state in foreign territories began to expand. The new film system based on the Film Law was severely strengthened, and after the outbreak of war between Japan and the United States in 1941, in 1942, film companies were reduced to three: Toho, Shochiku, and Daiei, which had absorbed Shinko Kinema, Nikkatsu, and Daito. The more than 200 cultural film production companies were consolidated into three, and foreign film import companies into one. Film distribution was also consolidated into two systems: "Red" and "White."

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…こうして38年の国家総動員法公布を経て，第2次大戦の始まった39年，映画法が施行され，映画製作･配給の許可制，映画製作に従事する者(監督，俳優，カメラマン)の登録制，劇映画脚本の事前検閲，文化映画･ニュース映画の強制上映，外国映画の上映制限などが法定化された。この間，いわゆる日華事変の起こった1937年には中国東北部に満州映画協会が，映画法施行の39年には中国南京に中華電影，中国北京に華北電影が，いずれも国策会社として設立されて，国家による日本外地での映画工作が広がっていった。映画法に基づく映画新体制の強化はきびしく，41年の日米開戦ののち，42年，映画会社は東宝と松竹，それに新興キネマ･日活･大都を吸収した大映の3社となり，200以上あった文化映画製作会社は3社に，外国映画輸入会社は1社に統合され，また，映画配給も〈紅〉〈白〉2系統に統合された。…

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