Uta’s mother died when she was six years old; her father she never met. She was forced to adopt a traveller’s life when her grandmother died, and now she is a dancer and part of a family of actors who travel from town to town, setting up street performances. A way of escape from this marginal existence arises when she gets the chance to move to tea merchant Hiramatsu’s place, where she is asked to teach his daughter to dance.Read More »
Hiroshi Shimizu
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Hiroshi Shimizu – Utajo oboegaki AKA Notes of an Itinerant Performer (1941)
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Hiroshi Shimizu – Nanatsu no umi: Zenpen – Shojo-hen AKA Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter (1931)
Drama1931-1940Hiroshi ShimizuJapanSilentA major silent by Shimizu, Seven Seas was originally released in two parts, the first in 1931 and the second in 1932. The full work is over 2 hours long.Read More »
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Hiroshi Shimizu – Nanatsu no umi: Kohen Teiso-hen AKA Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter (1932)
Hiroshi Shimizu1931-1940DramaJapanSilentA major silent by Shimizu, Seven Seas was originally released in two parts, the first in 1931 and the second in 1932. The full work is over 2 hours long.Read More »
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Hiroshi Shimizu – Odoriko aka Dancing Girl (1957)
1951-1960AsianDramaHiroshi ShimizuJapanIn Asakusa, Tokyo, a couple of a violinist Yamano and a revue dancer Hanae lives in poverty. One day Hanae’s little sister rolls into their apartment and begins to stir things up with her riotousness.Read More »
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Hiroshi Shimizu – Joi no kiroku AKA Record of a Woman Doctor (1941)
Hiroshi Shimizu1941-1950ClassicsDramaJapanA group of female doctors travel to a remote village during their summer holiday to offer free medical care to villagers. There they must battle prejudice and superstition as much as disease. Stars Kinuyo Tanaka and Shin Saburi.Read More »
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Hiroshi Shimizu – Arigatô-san AKA Mr. Thank You (1936)
1931-1940AsianComedyHiroshi ShimizuJapanBased on a short story by Nobel Prize-winning author Kawabata Yasunari, this lighthearted road film follows the rolling wheels of a country bus manned by a driver who says “thank you” to everyone he encounters. “Mr. Thank You” drives into various humorous and telling episodes with different passenger and travelers as he rumbles his way through the mountainous countryside. Arigatau-san highlights common Shimizu motifs of location shooting, constant movement, and heartwarming sentiments, while at the same time subtly addressing real-world worries like Depression-era woes and the condition of Korean laborers.Read More »
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Hiroshi Shimizu – Nobuko (1940)
Drama1931-1940Hiroshi ShimizuJapanSynopsis:
Renowned actress/singer Takamine Mieko stars as titular heroine Nobuko, a spirited young teacher working in a conservative school. Based on a novel by Shishi Bunroku, the film follows her experiences as she challenges the school with her liberal thinking and teaching methods.Read More » -
Hiroshi Shimizu – Nanatsu no umi: Kohen Teiso-hen AKA Seven Seas: Frigidity Chapter (1932)
1931-1940AsianDramaHiroshi ShimizuJapan“Seven Seas, the first of Shimizu’s great silent films of the 30s, was scripted by Kogo Noda, Ozu’s close associate, from a novel by Itsuma Maki (a pen name of the noted writer, Umitaro Hasegawa). The film is a lengthy work interweaving characters from different backgrounds and social strata in a narrative centered around the experiences of its heroine, Yumie Sone. Over two hours long, Seven Seas was released theatrically in two parts, with the first part entitled “Virginity Chapter” coming out in December 1931, while the second part, “Frigidity Chapter,” followed in March 1932. Read More »
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Hiroshi Shimizu – Nanatsu no umi: Zempen Shojo-hen AKA Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter (1931)
1931-1940AsianDramaHiroshi ShimizuJapan“Seven Seas, the first of Shimizu’s great silent films of the 30s, was scripted by Kogo Noda, Ozu’s close associate, from a novel by Itsuma Maki (a pen name of the noted writer, Umitaro Hasegawa). The film is a lengthy work interweaving characters from different backgrounds and social strata in a narrative centered around the experiences of its heroine, Yumie Sone. Over two hours long, Seven Seas was released theatrically in two parts, with the first part entitled “Virginity Chapter” coming out in December 1931, while the second part, “Frigidity Chapter,” followed in March 1932. Near the beginning of the narrative, at a garden party given by the wealthy Yagibashi family in Tokyo, Yumie meets Takehiko, the Yagibashis’ playboy son and the brother of Yumie’s fiancé, Yuzuru. Yumie, a young middle-class woman, lives with her ailing father, a retired ministry official, an older sister, and a younger sister still a child (played by a very young Hideko Takamine). Read More »
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