Category Comedy

1920s, College, Comedy, Japan, Japanese Cinema, Silent Film, Silent Movie, Slapstick, Sports, Students, Uncategorized

The Rowing King [Fragment] (Sōtei-ō, 漕艇王), 1927

Other titles: The King of Rowing, Rowing King (alternate English titles) Production Company Nikkatsu Scenarist Yano Yoshiaki Source Yano Yoshiaki (story) Cinematography Kiga Yasugō Performers Hirose Tsunemi (Mochizuki Eiichi, the Rowing King); Natsukawa Shizue (Mitsuko, the Rector’s niece); Kanbe Hikaru…

RebelJack
May 10, 2022

1930s, Capitalism, Cinema, Comedy, Depression, Japan, Satire, Silent Film, Silent Movie, Slapstick, Uncategorized

Return to Heaven [Fragment] (Tengoku sono higaeri, 天国其日帰り), 1930

A 20th Century Japanese man in a bus driver's uniform looks up at somthing in a state of shock

Alternative titles: Heaven Day Return, Heaven Day Trip (literal English titles) Production Company Nikkatsu Uzumasa (Taiso) Scenarist Kobayashi Masashi Cinematographer Matsuzawa Matao Performers Tamura Kunio (Asahina Takuhachi, a bus driver); Sakuma Taeko (Kawai Kimiko); Mine Ginko (Kinoshita Akako); Miake Bontarō…

RebelJack
March 16, 2022

The Rowing King [Fragment] (Sōtei-ō, 漕艇王), 1927

Return to Heaven [Fragment] (Tengoku sono higaeri, 天国其日帰り), 1930

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