Japanese musicals in the 30s and 40s

[ReelDrew at aol.com]

I am surprised that in the posts on this very interesting topic of Japanese 
 musicals, no one has yet mentioned Hodo no Sasayaki (Whispering  
Sidewalks), a 1936 musical directed by the famous leading man, Denmei  Suzuki, and 
starring Betty Inada, a Nisei singer from Sacramento, and Saburo  Nakagawa. 
For more about it, you can read the following program notes from the  Pacific 
Film Archive at: _http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/film/FN12052_ 
(http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/film/FN12052)   
 
William M. Drew
 
 
In a message dated 2/5/2012 2:53:56 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
j.dealbuquerque at gmail.com writes:

Dear  All,

Thanks for all your interesting answers and references: I'll read  the 
article mentionned by Mr. Gerow as soon as possible.
If the movie  Ongaku kigeki: Horoyoi jinsei still exists, I must see it: 
the pitch is  quite funny, even if the movie is probably not as good as 
Oshidori  Utagassen.

Regards,

Jérémie de  Albuquerque

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