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Summary of the year 1950 (and a very brief overview of 1948-49)
Japanese Cinema Panorama: 1948–1950 Concluding — even if only temporarily — the overview of 1950 in Japanese cinema is a good moment to pause, take a breath, and look at the main trends and the evolution of their films. At least insofar as the limited availability of productions outside Japan allows. Before doing so, however,…
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Panorama of Japanese Cinema: 1950 (Part 1.)
Escape at Dawnaka Desertion at Dawn(Akatsuki no dasso) Direction: Senkichi TaniguchiScreenplay: Senkichi Taniguchi, Akira Kurosawa Cinematography: Akira MimuraMusic: Fumio HayasakaAsst. director: Ishirō HondaStudio: Shintoho Genre: drama, war Cast: Ryō Ikebe, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Eitarō Ozawa, Hajime Izu, Haruo Tanaka, Setsuko Wakayama, Kan Yanagiya, Yuzaburo Shimada, Ko Yamamuro, Harue Tone, Mitsue Tachibana, Taizō Fukami. #3 on the…
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Panorama of Japanese Cinema: 1950 (Part 4.)
Fencing Master(Tateshi Danpei; lit.: Danpei, Master of Stage Combat) Direction: Masahiro Makino Screenplay: Akira KurosawaCinematography: Shigeto MikiMusic: Tokujiro ŌkuboAsst. director: no infoStudio: Toyoko Eiga Genre: drama Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa, Isuzu Yamada, Entatsu Yokoyama, Chiaki Tsukioka, Eitarō Shindō, Kyoji Sugi, Yoshi Katō, Kinnosuke Takamatsu, Reiko Hatsune, Shizuo Maeda, Kensaku Hara, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata Danpei, a choreographer of…
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Panorama of Japanese Cinema: 1950 (Part 2.)
Scandal(Sukyandaru, Shūbun) Direction: Akira Kurosawa Screenplay: Akira Kurosawa, Ryūzō KikushimaCinematography: Toshio UbukataMusic: Fumio HayasakaAsst. director: Yoshitarō NomuraStudio: Shochiku Genre: drama Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Yōko Katsuragi, Noriko Sengoku, Eitarō Ozawa, Takashi Shimura, Shinichi Himori, Kōji Mitsui, Ichirō Shimizu, Fumiko Okamura, Masao Shimizu, Tanie Kitabayashi, Sugisaku Aoyama, Kokuten Kōdō, Kichijirô Ueda, Bokuzen Hidari #6 on…
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Panorama of Japanese Cinema: 1950 (Part 3.)
A Mother’s Love(Bojō) Direction: Hiroshi Shimizu Screenplay: Hiroshi Shimizu, Matsuo KishiCinematography: Minoru YokoyamaMusic: Yūji KosekiAsst. director: Teruo IshiiStudio: Shintoho Genre: drama Cast: Nijiko Kiyokawa, Musei Tokugawa, Yataro Kurokawa, Yoshiko Tsubouchi, Reiko Miyagawa, Tamae Kiyokawa, Kumeko Urabe, Chōko Iida, Isuzu Yamada A woman working in a bar is unable to support her three children, each from…
