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| Festival Year |
Festival Section |
| 2005 |
Light from the East: Celebrating Japanese Cinema
Shochiku 110 - Naruse 100 -- Prog. 7 |
| Film Title |
BAKUDAN HANAYOME |
| Alternative Title 1 |
[UNA MOGLIE DINAMITE] |
| Alternative Title 2 |
[DYNAMITE BRIDE] |
| Alternative Title 3 |
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| Country |
Japan |
| Release Date |
15 October 1935 |
| Production Co. |
Shochiku |
| Director |
Keisuke Sasaki, Torajiro Saito |
| Format |
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Speed (fps) |
| 35mm |
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24 |
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| Footage |
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Time |
| 2021 |
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22' |
| Archive Source |
National Film Center, Tokyo |
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| Print Notes |
Copia in parte sonora / Partly with sound. Didascalie in giapponese sottotitolate in inglese / Japanese intertitles, English subtitles. |
| Cast |
| Reiko Tani, Sayoko Yanai, Shigeru Ogura, Shozaburo Abe, Yaeko Izumo |
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| Other Credits |
| sogg./story, scen: Jitsuzo Ikeda; f./ph: Naonosuke Maeno |
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| Other Information |
| Filmed in 1932 |
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| Program Notes |
| This film was originally produced as a silent comedy in 1932 but not released. Torajiro Saito, the master director of comedy films at the Shochiku Kamata studio, re-edited the remaining footage and made this “sound version”, which was released in 1935. It seems that some parts were re-shot as well. The story is set at the school of the shakuhachi (vertical bamboo flute), where the male disciples try to attract the romantic attentions of the master’s daughter, Hanako. When Hanako falls in love with Yasui, who is very poor, and another, rich, disciple, Yoshikawa, tries to help Yasui, the story starts to head in an unexpected direction. One ridiculous event after another ensues, including a scramble for the earthenware pot in which the money-worshipping master has stashed his cash. This slapstick comedy is important in that it conveys the sense of ero guro nansensu (erotic, grotesque, nonsense) so popular at the Kamata studio at the time. – FUMIKO TSUNEISHI |
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