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DuringtheSecondWorldWar,JapanesefilmeditorChounosukeIsemadenumerouspropagandafilmsinJapanese-occupiedIndonesia.TheirpurposewastojustifyJapan’shegemonyinAsia,claimingliberationofthesecountriesfromcolonialism.ChounosukeIse’sson,filmmakerShin-ichiIse,tracesthepathtakenbyhisfather,whobarelyspokeaboutthewarorIndonesia,andwasseeminglyreluctanttodiscusswhathehaddonethere. Shin-ichiIse’squesttakeshimtofilmstudiosinJakartathatwerebuiltbyforcedlaborers,toeyewitnesseswhorecalltheatrocitiescommittedbytheJapanesemilitarypolice,andtowomenwhofledfromrapists. Itturnsoutthatthepropagandafilms—130ofthem—arestoredattheDutchNationalArchiveinTheHague.Here,atlast,Shin-ichiIsecanwatchhisfather’spropagandafilms,onsubjectssuchasJapaneseeffortstocontrolmalariaandtheworkofrailwaylaborers.“Whydidhemakethem?”hewonders.Andwhatwouldhehavedoneinthesamesituation?Historyisclearlynotfinished;nowisthepast,andthepastisnow.