Magical Pen

Magical Pen, a post-World War II piece of agitprop, is designed to champion the West to Japanese audiences. A Japanese newspaper boy, orphaned in the war, picks up a discarded doll in the street which starts talking to him in English. The doll reveals a magical pen whose drawings come to life. Produced during the time of the occupation of Japan by allied forces, the boy uses the pen to rebuild his war-torn city. —APT5