Research On Shanghai Film Forum

Shanghai Film Forum was a film publication created during Japanese-occupation period.It was published in Shanghai on October 10 1943 and suspended in late August1945,during which 20 issues in two volumes were published totally Under the theme of film by Jin xun editor in chief.Shanghai Film Forum,featured by various forms including advertisements,comics and novels,etc,easy to-understand language and diverse topics,closed the distance between the reader and the magazine and reproduced specific social circumstances of film during Japanese-occupation period.The paper starts with the investigation of basic historical background,living space,purpose and layout of the magazine.Then,it interprets and analyzes the content of the 20 th issue of the magazine,aiming to present the development of the film industry in Shanghai Japanese occupied area to a certain extent.the film of Shanghai Japanese-occupied area occupied significant position in that of the entire Chinese Japanese-occupied area.Especially,many important or high-profile film stars originated from the area.As a film publication,Shanghai Film Forum grew almost in sync with film industry in Shanghai Japanese-occupied area,which could serve as a window to understand the film of Shanghai Japanese occupied area therefore.Its characteristics also have great research significance,such as richness of topics diversity of copywriters,interaction of readers and differences of positions.Through the magazine,we can grasp the features of that particular historical times,explore the social status of the masses looking for gaps under high social pressure and surviving in the gaps,and then deepen the film research in the Japanese occupied Area during the Anti-Japanese War.During the fall of Shanghai,the economy developed abnormally,and the culture was deteriorating.The people’s bodies and minds of Shanghai were also severely hit,and movies gradually became a tool of colonial rule.With its high-quality journal quality and relatively independent political stance,Shanghai Film Forum broke through the tragedy,injecting a booster for wandering filmmakers and citizens.The article through the overall analysis of the magazine,explores the development history and social responsibility of Shanghai Film Forum,and provides some valuable opinions for modern film journals.