A Tribute to the World's Greatest Unknown Moviemaker
A Tribute to the World's Greatest Unknown Moviemaker
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…
Alternate Titles: Wine, Women and Spear (literal title); The Drunken Spearman; A Man’s Ambition Production Company Toei Kyoto Scenarist Ide Masato Source Kaionji Chōgorō (story) Cinematographer Washio Motoya Art Director Suzuki Takatoshi Music Kosugi Taiichirō Editing Miyamoto Shintarō Performers Ōtomo…
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);…
Other titles: Their Own World (alternate English title); Naniwa Love Story, Story of a Love in Naniwa [i.e., Osaka] (literal English titles) Production Company Tōei (Kyoto) Scenarist Narusawa Masashige Producer Okawa Hiroshi Source The Courier for Hell (Meido no Hikyaku…
Other titles: Der Acker [The Field] (alternate German title); Ziemia (literal Polish title); Поле [“Pólye”: The Field] (alternate Russian title) Production Company Nikkatsu Tamagawa (Chōfu) Production Dates 1937 – 1939 (precise dates unknown) Scenarists Kitamura Tsutomu, Yagi Yasutarō Source Tsuchi…
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…
Alternate title: Twilight Beer Hall (literal English title) Production Company Shintoho Scenarist Nada Senzo Producer Sakaeda Seiichiro Cinematographer Nishigaki Rokurō Art Director Itō Toshikazu Music Akutagawa Yasushi Editing Kasama Hideo Performers Kosugi Isamu (Umeda Moichirō, a painter); Miyahara Takuya (Kenichi,…
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…
