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| Festival Year |
Festival Section |
| 2001 |
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| Film Title |
ISHIKAWA GOEMON NO HOJI |
| Alternative Title 1 |
[BUDDHIST MASS FOR GOEMON ISHIKAWA, A] |
| Alternative Title 2 |
[MESSA BUDDISTA PER GOEMON ISHIKAWA, UNA] |
| Alternative Title 3 |
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| Country |
Japan |
| Release Date |
1930 |
| Production Co. |
Shochiku |
| Director |
Saito, Torajiro |
| Format |
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Speed (fps) |
| 35mm |
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16 |
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| Footage |
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Time |
| 1281 ft. |
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21' |
| Archive Source |
National Film Center |
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| Print Notes |
Didascalie in giapponese / Japanese intertitles. |
| Cast |
Atsushi Watanabe
Takeshi Sakamoto
Chiyoko Katori
Dekao Yokowo
Tomio Aoki |
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| Other Credits |
| Takefuji, Yoshio (ph.) |
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| Other Information |
Donald Sosin, pianoforte.
prima proiezione / released 13.7.1930 |
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| Program Notes |
Goro Ishikawa, a descendant of Goemon Ishikawa, a famous robber of the Edo period, brings a cauldron to an antique shop. Goro wants to marry Sayoko, the shop-owner's daughter. Rejected by her father, Goro decides to elope with Sayoko. At night, Sayoko's father beats him; Goro dies and becomes a ghost. But this ghost is so timid that he cannot get Sayoko. Looking at this timid ghost, Goro's famous ancestor, Goemon Ishikawa, appears from the grave and makes the couple marry.
This is a typical example of the hilarious, nonsensical comedies made by Torajiro Saito, who made many quickies of this kind in this period. In Japanese culture, the telling of ghost stories had long been a summer tradition, so it was natural for film companies to adopt the ghost story as a staple of summer film programs. Shochiku advertised Saito's supernatural comedy as "the erotic ghost story film of 1930". However, in the opinion of one contemporary reviewer, "there is no erotic element" in this film. Tomio Aoki, who played the role of the child ghost, was better known as Tokkan Kozo in the films of Yasujiro Ozu. - HK
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