Takamatsu Toyojiro

[Fujikazu Suzuki]

Dear Richard Davis and Greetings All,

I am Fujikazu Suzuki from Japan. I am now conducting a research on Japanese
labour films. Takamatsu Toyojiro is a very interesting as well as
important person in the early history of Japanese labour films.

The following is a list of information on various materials on Takamatsu
Toyojiro, as far as I know. 

The most fundamental document on Takamatsu Toyojiro is the following:

* Film Library Kyogikai(1974), "Shiryo Takamatsu Toyojiro to Ogasawara
Meiho no Gyoseki"(Nihon Eigashi Soko Vol.9)(in Japanese)

The following statements in Japanese wiki are useful:

* Katsudo Shashin Shiryo Kenkyukai wiki (in Japanese)
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B4%BB%E5%8B%95%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F%E8%B3%87%E6%96%99%E7%A0%94%E7%A9%B6%E4%BC%9A

* Takamatsu Azuma Production wiki (in Japanese)
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%84%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%BA%E3%83%9E%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%80%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3

The national film library of Japan has some films by Takamatsu Toyojiro.
See the following:

* Rediscovering Our National Film Heritage (I): The Silent Years(in
Japanese)
http://www.momat.go.jp/FC/NFC_Calendar/sakuhin9604.html

The following articles are dealing with Takamatsu Toyojiro as labour
activist.

* Rodo Sekai no Sokan by Kazuo Nimura(in Japanese)
http://oohara.mt.tama.hosei.ac.jp/nk/takanoden71.html

* Shokuminchi Shihai no tameno Eiga Riyo(in Japanese)
http://dspace.wul.waseda.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2065/5282/4/Honbun-4132_01.pdf

* Reimeiki Rodo Undo to Kindai Bungaku(in Japanese)
http://oohara.mt.tama.hosei.ac.jp/oz/579/579-01.pdf

Fujikazu Suzuki
Assistant Director
Institute for Technology, Enterprise and Competitiveness
Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan