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| Festival Year |
Festival Section |
| 2011 |
The Birth of Anime: Pioneers of Japanese Animation |
| Film Title |
HARU NO UTA |
| Alternative Title 1 |
[Spring Song] |
| Alternative Title 2 |
[Spring Song] |
| Alternative Title 3 |
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| Country |
Japan |
| Release Date |
1931 |
| Production Co. |
Chiyogami Eiga-sha |
| Director |
Noburo Ofuji |
| Format |
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Speed (fps) |
| 35mm |
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16 |
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| Footage |
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Time |
| 201 ft. |
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3' |
| Archive Source |
National Film Center, Tokyo |
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| Print Notes |
Senza didascalie / No intertitles |
| Other Credits |
| anim: Noburo Ofuji |
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| Program Notes |
| The cherry blossom (sakura), which spreads northwards across the Japanese archipelago over the springtime months, remains Japan’s most potent national symbol. In this dreamlike depiction of the cherry in full bloom, falling petals are represented by cut-out chiyogami designs, which are subsequently transformed into the figures of a boy and girl dancing. This film, which also includes among its imagery the lyrics in kana script and the musical notes of the “spring song” of the title – another’s children’s song – was originally a “Record Talkie”, although the SP record containing the synchronized soundtrack was not available for this restoration. This viewing copy was restored from a 9.5mm Pathé Baby print tinted in magenta. -- ALEXANDER JACOBY & JOHAN NORDSTRÖM |
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