Category Meiji

1900s, 1920s, 1930s, Buddhism, Cinema, College, Domestic drama, Drama, Japan, Japanese Cinema, Meiji, Politics, Poverty, Silent Film, Silent Movie, Social justice, Students, Taisho, Tragedy, Violence, Yakuza

Theater of Life: Youth Version [Fragment] (Jinsei gekijō – Seishun hen, 人生劇場・青春篇),1936

A young Japanese man in traditional clothing from the early 20th Century, sitting in a semi-darkened room, his head bowed in grief

Production Company Nikkatsu (Tamagawa) Scenarists Yagi Yasutarō (adaptation); Kameya Gentoku (screenplay) Source Ozaki Shirō (novel) Cinematographer Yokota Tatsuyuki Performers (Note: actors credited in the cast list but who don’t appear in the extant version are noted with an asterisk.) Kosugi…

RebelJack
July 30, 2023

Cinema, Japan, Meiji, Music, Politics, Poverty, Silent Film, Uncategorized

Six Lost Uchida Films That I Wish Were Found

Six middle-age Japanese men in suits, three of them seated, the other three standing behind them.

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…

RebelJack
September 9, 2021

Community, Farmers, Japan, Meiji, Nature, Poverty, Uncategorized

Earth (Tsuchi, 土), 1939

A man on a beach in the sun looks upward in pain

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…