Sakuragraph small-format films

[Roland Domenig]

konishiroku started selling its sakurascope 16mm-projectors in 1928. the
sakuragraph series started shortly after. these were mostly educational
films from the so-called atena-library of yokohama shinema. i don't know
whether later on konishiroku made its own films for the series or whether
they still relied on the films by yokohama shinema.
the library of the national filmcenter in tokyo has a catalogue of
sakuragraph-films issued in 1933.

roland domenig
institute of east asian studies
vienna university
     

    
 
> Does anybody know about the series of Sakuragraph small-format films
> released by Konishiroku (now Konica)? Hiroshi Komatsu says he thinks
> they were sold during the 1930s and '40s and that they were mostly
> documentary but sometimes abridged versions of feature films.
> 
> The print I have is a silent travelogue of Korean sights. I'd love to
> know how many of these Sakuragraph films were released, during what
> years, whether filmmakers of any note had a hand in them, and if any
> journal articles have been written about them.
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> Frako Loden
> Berkeley, California