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| Festival Year |
Festival Section |
| 2005 |
Light from the East: Celebrating Japanese Cinema
Shochiku 110 - Naruse 100 -- Prog. 4 |
| Film Title |
KOBAYASHI TOMIJIRO SOGI |
| Alternative Title 1 |
[IL FUNERALE DI TOMIJIRO KOBAYASHI] |
| Alternative Title 2 |
[THE FUNERAL OF TOMIJIRO KOBAYASHI] |
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| Country |
Japan |
| Release Date |
1910 |
| Production Co. |
Yoshizawa Shoten |
| 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 |
| 438 ft. |
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7' |
| Archive Source |
National Film Center, Tokyo |
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| Print Notes |
Senza didascalie / No intertitles. |
| Program Notes |
| This film documents the funeral of Tomijiro Kobayashi (1852-1910), the founder of the Lion Corporation (formerly Kobayashi Shoten), which manufactures and markets toothpaste and related products. The nitrate original negative and one projection print were kept in a box of paulownia wood, together with the delivery slip from Yoshizawa Shoten, one of the oldest film production companies in Japan. Since the ban on nitrate films was thoroughly enforced when fire laws became stricter in the 1950s, the original negative of this film is the oldest one known to exist in Japan. The new projection print was made directly from this precious original negative, and shows us its wonderful cinematography. – FUMIKO TSUNEISHI |
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