回顧既有日治時期台灣電影史的經驗研究，較少論及紀錄片的類型及其階段性的差異，尤其是它與其他再現真實的技術，如何共同形構作為視覺的治理？因此，本文乃是以《南進台灣》為例，分析其生產的權力、紀錄的形式、環島的巡視、南進的視線等等面向，並透過它與其他再現真實技術之間的互動連結，進一步凸顯帝國主義是如何不斷再現被選擇的真實，以規訓著包括被殖民者與殖民者的觀看方式。

Cinema in Taiwan during Japanese colonial rule was both a leisure and a propaganda (especially the genre of documentary). This paper examines “Go Southward to Taiwan” as an example and argues that documentary during Japanese colonial rule is bested understood as the technique of representing reality just like exhibition and tourism. They all practice as Imperial Eyes to govern the looking both native and colonist.