Tokio Jokio (1943)

Directed by

Norman McCabe

Genre

propaganda film

Country

United States

Runtime

7 min

Rating

3.4 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a Looney Tunes short film from 1943 that makes fun of Japan during World War II. It was part of American propaganda at the time and was later pulled from broadcast because of its racist content.

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What happens

Tokio Jokio is a 1943 Looney Tunes anti-Japanese propaganda short directed by Norman McCabe. It is an example of American propaganda during World War II. The cartoon was withdrawn from public broadcast after the war for its racist depictions. This is also noted for being McCabe's final cartoon as director before he was drafted into the United States Army. The name of the cartoon is a pun on "Tokyo", the capital of Japan (Tokio is the old English romanization), "joke". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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