A Tribute to the World's Greatest Unknown Moviemaker
A Tribute to the World's Greatest Unknown Moviemaker
Other titles: Limitless advance (alternate English title); L’Avancée éternelle (alternate French title) Endless progress (literal English title) Production Company Nikkatsu Tamagawa (Chōfu) Scenarist Yagi Yasutarō Source Ozu Yasujirō (original story) Cinematographer Midorikawa Michio Music Yamada Eiichi Performers Kosugi Isamu (Tokumaru,…
Other titles: The Scaffold, They Are Buried Alive (alternate English titles) Production Company Tōei (Tokyo) Scenarists Hashimoto Shinobu and Uchida Tomu Source Kikushima Ryūzō (book) and television film Dotanba (1956) Cinematographer Fujii Shizuka Art Director Mori Mikio Music Kosugi Taiichirō…
Tale of a Boy: Noble Heart (alternate English title) Production Company Shakai Kyōiku Kenkyū-jo Scenarist Unknown (possibly Uchida) Source Kobayashi Sadaji (original story) Staging Oshimoto Shichinosuke Cinematographer Nagai Seiji Performers Kojima Takehiko (Mr. Sakai, the teacher); Mizushima Michitarō [as Mizushima…
Alternative titles: In My Hole (alternate English title); Chacun dans sa coquille [Each in his shell] (alternate French title); Önhibámból [Through my own fault] (alternate Hungarian title) Production Company Nikkatsu Scenarist Yagi Yasutarō Source Ishikawa Tatsuzō (novel) Producer Iwai Kaneo…
From time to time, I will interrupt my series of reviews of the films of Uchida Tomu to post general observations on Uchida, his current reputation and his art. Photo above: A snapshot of six Japanese film directors, taken in…
Other Titles: Perspiration (alternative English title); Comedy: Sweat (literal English title) Production Company Nikkatsu Uzumasa (Kyoto) Scenarist Kobayashi Masashi Cinematographer Matsuzawa Matao Set Decorator Ikeda Enjiro Performers Shima Kōji (Kitayama Heizaemon, a wealthy heir); Yoshii Yasushi (Gembei); Takihana Hisako (Oshizu);…
Alternate Titles: Crab Temple Omen (literal English title); A Lenda do Templo do Caranguejo (Portuguese) Production Company Asahi Kinema Gomei-sha Co-directors Kimura Hakuzan (or Hakusan); Okuda Hidehiko Scenarist Unknown Cinematographer Fujii Shizuka Type of Film Animated short (silhouette animation) Status…
Other titles: Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow; Forbidden Love, Love Not Again (alternate English titles); Love, love, don’t play with love (approximate literal English title); La renarde folle [“the mad fox”] (Venice Film Festival French-language title); La volpe folle [“the…
Other titles: Policeman, Police (alternate English titles); Policial (alternate Portuguese title) Production Company Shinkō Distributor Asakusa Denkikan Scenarist Yamauchi Eizo Source Takeda Toshihiko, Ōmori Bank Robbery (play) Cinematographer Aisaka Sōichi Art Director Mizutani Hiroshi Performers Nakano Eiji (Tomioka Tetsuo); Kosugi…
Other titles: A Bloody Spear on Mount Fuji, Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (alternate English titles); Blood Spear, Fuji (literal English title); Le Mont Fuji et la lance ensanglantée (alternate French title); A Lança Ensanguentada (alternate Portuguese title) Production Company…
