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<DIV>Searching 'Vossische online' here in Berlin generally supports the 'first' claim. Get hold of me and I'll give you the details.</DIV>
<DIV>Roger<BR><BR>--- On <B>Wed, 16/2/11, Jasper Sharp <I><jasper_sharp@hotmail.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Jasper Sharp <jasper_sharp@hotmail.com><BR>Subject: RE: Musume (1926) in Europe<BR>To: "kinejapan" <kinejapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu><BR>Date: Wednesday, 16 February, 2011, 12:35<BR><BR>
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Not sure if this answers your question, Beat, but<SPAN lang=en-US><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> the London Film Society screened a number of Japanese films in the 1930s, with Murata Minoru’s Nikkatsu production </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-US><I><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">The Street Juggler</SPAN></I></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-US><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> (</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-US><I><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Machi no tejinashi</SPAN></I></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-US><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">, 1925) screening on 30 May 1926, followed by Nomura Hôtei’s </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-US><I><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">The Tragedy of the Temple Hagi</SPAN></I></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-US><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> (</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-US><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Haji-dera shinjû</SPAN></I></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-US><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">, 1923) on 8 January 1928, Kinugasa’s </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-US><I><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Crossroads </SPAN></I></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-US><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">(as </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-US><I><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Crossways</SPAN></I></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-US><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">) on 26 January 1930, and Murata’s </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-US><I><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Ashes</SPAN></I></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-US><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> (</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-US><I><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Kaijin</SPAN></I></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-US><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT:
normal">, 1929) on 20 November 1932.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> <BR>I actually believe a number of these came from the programme at the Studio des Ursulines - I think it says as much in the Close Up catalogues at the time. I've no idea who had a hand in the original Paris programme though, but it would have been the first time Japanese films would have been screened in Europe as "Art" for non-Japanese audiences.<BR>best<BR><BR>Jasper<BR><BR><BR><BR>Jasper Sharp: Writer & Film Curator Homepage<BR>http://jaspersharp.com/<BR><BR>Midnight Eye: The Latest and Best in Japanese Cinema<BR>http://www.midnighteye.com<BR><BR>Zipangu Fest: Japanarchy in the UK<BR>http://zipangufest.com/<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:34:49 +0100<BR>From: beatfrey@gmx.ch<BR>To: KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<BR>Subject: Musume (1926) in Europe<BR><BR>While doing research on the reception of Japanese cinema in Switzerland, I found a review of a movie called "Musume" which was published by the Journal de Genève in 1926 without mention of the director. The same newspaper claims in a later article that this was the first Japanese (fiction) film to be shown in Europe. It was part of a programme originally set up by the cinema Studio des Ursulines in Paris (the other titles being the collection of short films "20 minutes de cinéma d'avant-garde" and René Clair's "Le voyage imaginaire"). Three questions on this: 1. Is this Gosho Heinosuke's "Musume" released in Japan in the same year? 2. Does a copy or do stills of the film still exist? 3 At least from what I know, Kinugasa's "Jujiro" and "Kurutta ippeji" or Mizoguchi's "Kyoren no onna shisho" are usually the
titles mentioned to be the first Japanese films having been shown in Europe - or is this view now longer valid?<BR>Thanks in advance for any feedback.<BR>Beat<BR><BR>
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