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Coda: Final Thoughts on Uchida Tomu

At left, in the middle distance, an elderly Japanese man wearing modern (1950s) clothing, including a beret, stands in the street, addressing a man in feudal period costume standing next to him

Photo above: Uchida Tomu (left) directing actor Tsukigata Ryūnosuke in a dramatic scene in A Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (Chiyari Fuji, 1955) – the very first Uchida film reviewed on this site, nearly four years ago. Note: I am…

RebelJack
June 29, 2025

Cinema, Japan, People

Introduction

The Girl in the Book It all began, like most encounters with Japanese Cinema in the West, with Donald Richie. Many years ago, probably in the 1980s, I bought a coffee-table book by Mr. Richie – the great American popularizer…

RebelJack
June 29, 2021
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Coda: Final Thoughts on Uchida Tomu

Introduction

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