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| Festival Year |
Festival Section |
| 2001 |
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| Film Title |
TAIKOKI JUDANME |
| Alternative Title 1 |
[TENTH ACT OF TAIKOKI, THE] |
| Alternative Title 2 |
[DECIMO ATTO DI TAIKOKI, IL] |
| Alternative Title 3 |
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| Country |
Japan |
| Release Date |
1908 |
| Production Co. |
M. Pathe |
| Director |
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| Format |
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Speed (fps) |
| 35mm |
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16 |
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| Footage |
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Time |
| 1044 ft. |
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17' |
| Archive Source |
National Film Center |
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| Print Notes |
Senza didascalie / No intertitles. |
| Cast |
Sakiji Ichikawa
Kasen Nakamura
Utae Nakamura |
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| Other Credits |
| Ozawa, Kaku (ph.) |
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| Other Information |
Donald Sosin, pianoforte.
prima proiezione / released 10.12.1908 |
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| Program Notes |
This is one of the rare surviving early Japanese films that show us the style of Kabuki films. M. Pathe was a Japanese film company founded in 1906 by Shokichi Umeya; it has nothing to do with the French company Pathé Frères. The name was probably borrowed by Umeya because "Pathé" symbolized cinema itself for Japanese audiences in this period, and Umeya himself had bought many used prints of French Pathé films before he launched his company.
Taikoki Judanme is an adaptation of Ehon Taikoki, a 13-act Kabuki play. Kabuki films of this period usually consisted of screen adaptations of acts of Kabuki stage plays. This play describes the story of the last thirteen days of Mitsuhide Takechi; the tenth act was the play's most famous.
Mitsuhide hears a rumor that his enemy Hisayoshi Hashiba plans to disguise himself and sneak up to his house. In a case of mistaken identity, Mitsuhide kills his own mother, thinking she is Hisayoshi. Later Hisayoshi confronts Mitsuhide and challenges him to a fight. - HK
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