sakamoto ryoma

[Roland Domenig]

john,

there are several films about sakamoto ryoma. the best known are "ryoma
ansatsu" by kuroki kazuo from 1974 and "ryoma o kitta otoko" directed by
yamashita kosaku in 1987.

a lot of films about sakamoto ryoma were made before the war. the first one
was the film 'sakamoto ryoma' made in 1912 by the production company yokota
shokai. this was followed by:

sakamoto ryoma - makino shozo (1914)
sakamoto ryoma - nakagawa shiro (1921)
sakamoto ryoma - okubo tadamoto (1924)
sakamoto ryoma - ozaki yunosuke (1927)
ryoma ansatsu - fukagawa hisashi (1927)
sakamoto ryoma - Kiyose Eijiro (1928)
sakamoto ryoma - fuyushima taizo (1936)

there also was a film about ryoma's wife before ichikawa jun's film - in
1939 akiyama kosaku directed the film "sakamoto ryoma no tsuma"

also, in 1986 kawai yoshitaka directed a film called "bakumatsu seishun
gurafiti ronin sakamoto ryoma".



roland domenig
institute of east asian studies
vienna university