Japanese musicals in the 30s and 40s

[Toshie Mori]

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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