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| Festival Year |
Festival Section |
| 2005 |
Light from the East: Celebrating Japanese Cinema
Shochiku 110 - Naruse 100 -- Prog. 2 |
| Film Title |
ASAHI WA KAGAYAKU |
| Alternative Title 1 |
[L’ “ASAHI” RISPLENDE] |
| Alternative Title 2 |
[“THE MORNING SUN” SHINES] |
| Alternative Title 3 |
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| Country |
Japan |
| Release Date |
4 December 1929 |
| Production Co. |
Nikkatsu |
| Director |
Kenji Mizoguchi, Seiichi Ina |
| Format |
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Speed (fps) |
| 35mm |
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18 |
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| Footage |
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Time |
| 1681 ft. |
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25' |
| Archive Source |
National Film Center, Tokyo |
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| Print Notes |
Didascalie in giapponese sottotitolate in inglese / Japanese intertitles, English subtitles. |
| Cast |
| Eiji Nakano, Hirotoshi Murata |
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| Other Credits |
| scen: Chieo Kimura; f./ph: Tatsuyuki Yokota |
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| Program Notes |
| Osaka Asahi Shimbun commissioned this promotional film from Nikkatsu to mark the 50th anniversary of their newspaper business. Though Kenji Mizoguchi (1898-1956) is credited as co-director, it is unfortunately impossible to establish if any of the surviving footage was directed by him. Approximately one-quarter of the film remains. It seems to be the re-edited version, which is purely promotional and lacks dramatic scenes with the actors (for example, scenes with actresses Takako Irie and Ranko Sawa are thus missing). The existing footage consists of action scenes showing reporters on an airplane and a boat covering a fire on the ship Aurora, and reporters handing their copy to a motorbike rider, to impress viewers with the notion of journalism as a heroic profession. The film also shows the processes involved in producing a newspaper, such as typesetting, proofreading, making plates of paper and lead, printing with a rotary press, and delivery. – FUMIKO TSUNEISHI |
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