Yoshishige "film collection"

[Aaron Gerow]

> Any updated word as to whether any "lost" films have turned up in  
> the holdings of this deceased film collector.

It has been known for some time that the Abe Yoshishige collection  
did not have the tremendous treasures the collector said it did. The  
National Film Center eventually accepted 75 of the films into their  
collection in 2006 and showed some of the 8 most important of them  
earlier this year. None are by really famous directors, although the  
feature length film on Shinran, starring Egawa Ureo (this is the  
longest film in the collection) is a curiosity, since, because it is  
lacking beginning and end credits, it is still not certain when it  
was made and by whom.

http://www.momat.go.jp/FC/NFC_Calendar/2008-05/kaisetsu.html#outline


Aaron Gerow
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