Uchida's Tsuchi

[Roland Domenig]

In Japan all prints of Uchida Tomu's Tsuchi were destroyed during the war and the film was thought lost until in 1968 a print was discovered in the Filmarchive of the German Democratic Republic in Eastberlin. This abbreviated and German subtitled print (the subtitles, by the way, were made by Iwasaki Akira), which was most likely brought to Germany in 1939 after the film was shown at the Venice Film Festival, is 92 minutes long, 48 minutes shorter than the original. In the late 1990s another print of Tsuchi was found in the Gosfilmfond Archive in Moscow. This print is 23 longer than the one found in East-Berlin, but still 25 minutes shorter than the 140 minutes original version. A complete version does not exist (or has not yet surfaced). 

Roland Domenig
Institute of East Asian Studies
Vienna University


Von: owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu im Auftrag von Michael E Kerpan, Jr.
Gesendet: Fr 27.04.2007 04:09
An: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Betreff: Uchida's Tsuchi
 
I just watched a (seemingly vintage) German-subbed version of Uchida's Tsuchi 
that seemed to be lacking both the first an last reels (there were unsubbed 
title cards at the beginning and end). ?The last scene actually depicted was 
the family trying to revive the grandfather. ?The "triumphant ending" 
described in various articles wasn't shown. ?Does this film exist in complete 
form (and is this just an odd variant) -- or does this survive only in 
incomplete form?

MEK






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