Japanese Films in archives?

[Bernardi-Buralli]

Dear Andreas,

Unfortunately not Europe but...the George Eastman House here in Rochester
has a beautiful print of KURUTTA IPPEIJI, it is the print that was shown in
Pordenone in 2001. For early Japanese animation, there are some interesting
examples available included in the 6 video series of "forgotten" silent film
put out by Planet Films in Osaka. Try this link for a picture:

http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/planet1/

Someone else may know more (I seem to remember there being an English
language page for Planet but don't see it now), but I think you'd be in luck
emailing in English for more info on ordering.

Good luck,

Joanne

Joanne Bernardi
University of Rochester


> 
> I'm working on the japanese (silent) cinema and I found many interesting
> hints in the DVD-database "Masters of the Silent Japanese Cinema". But
> none of the films seems to be available. Has there someone out there an
> idea (archives in europe would be perfect...)? Especially Teinosuke
> Kinugasa "A Page of Madness/KURUTTA IPPEIJI"; Tomizawa Shinro "chi no
> miyako kohan no bansho" (1925); Keisuke Sasaki and Torajiro Saito
> "bakudan hanyome" (Dynamite Bride) (1932); Mikio Naruse "kimi to
> wakarete/Farewell to You" (1933)? Is there a compilation of early
> japanese animation?

> Andreas Becker
> 
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> A Page of Madness
> KURUTTA IPPEIJI,
> L (Land) Japan,
> J (Jahr) 1926,
> 
> 
> Early Japanese Animation
> A list with films is on:
> http://www.quilts-club.com/animation/japanese1.html
> 

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