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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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