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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><hr id="stopSpelling">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>
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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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