Japanese musicals in the 30s and 40s
Toshie Mori
eiga at topaz.zaq.jp
Sat Feb 4 06:28:13 EST 2012
Dear J?r?mie
I am an admirer of Oshidori Utagassen. Actually, in my opinion, there is no
Japanese musical which rivals it, even among those made after WWII. There
may be a couple of reasons why it is of such a high quality; the already
existed tradition of Asakusa operetta, the importation of jazz music, the
mastery of film making of the director, Makino Masahiro, and so on. My
hypothesis is that, being produced under Japanese militaristic era, it
shares the position with Vienna operetta, which flourished along with the
ever increasing political tension in 19th century within Hapsburg Empire.
from Japan.
Toshie Mori
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