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| Festival Year |
Festival Section |
| 2010 |
Three Shochiku Masters: Yasujiro Shimazu, Hiroshi Shimizu, Kiyohiko Ushihara |
| Film Title |
KAIHIN NO JOO |
| Alternative Title 1 |
[Una regina sulla spiaggia] |
| Alternative Title 2 |
[Queen on the Shore] |
| Alternative Title 3 |
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| Country |
Japan |
| Release Date |
1927 |
| Production Co. |
Shochiku |
| Director |
Kiyohiko Ushihara |
| Format |
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Speed (fps) |
| 35mm |
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18 |
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| Footage |
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Time |
| 298 m. |
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14' |
| Archive Source |
National Film Center, Tokyo |
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| Print Notes |
frammento/fragment, versione ridotta/condensed version
Didascalie in inglese / English intertitles |
| Cast |
| Denmei Suzuki (Toshio Ishikawa), ? [punto di domanda sulla copia/actual credit on print] (Kinue Ishikawa), Haruo Takeda (Masayoshi Imada), Yoshie Kashiwa (Mihoko Imada), Atsushi Watanabe (Sangoro Yamaguchi), Dekao Yoko (il coraggioso/the brave Yokichi), Shoichi Kofujita (il ragazzo che sta per annegare/drowning boy) |
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| Other Credits |
| scen: Tadashi Kobayashi; f./ph: Bunjiro Mizutani |
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| Other Information |
| (Il film è stato restaurato nel 2006 dalla Film Preservation Society di Tokyo, con il sostegno della Kamakura Arts Foundation, a partire dall’unico elemento sopravvissuto, una versione Shochiku Graph 16mm, ridotta e rimontata. Successivamente, l’internegativo 35mm è stato donato dalla Film Preservation Society al National Film Center. / Queen on the Shore was restored in 2006 from the only surviving element, a 16mm shortened and re-edited Shochiku Graph version, by the Film Preservation Society, Tokyo, with the support of the Kamakura Arts Foundation. The Film Preservation Society later donated the 35mm internegative to the National Film Center.) |
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| Program Notes |
This condensation is all that remains of what was once a feature-length Ushihara comedy. The extant print is nevertheless fresh and engaging. Fascinating location shooting in and around Kamakura captures the look of 1920s Japan, and Ushihara’s directorial talent is shown in the stylish tracking shots along the beach and through the city streets. The film is also notable for the appearance of Denmei Suzuki in drag. Although he felt that Ushihara’s talent was somewhat wasted on directing so lightweight a film, Kinema Junpo reviewer Fuyuhiko Kitagawa declared that “as a comedy action picture, it is unquestionably entertaining”.
ALEXANDER JACOBY & JOHAN NORDSTRÖM
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