Japanese musicals in the 30s and 40s

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Dear All,


I saw recently the movie *Oshidori Utagassen* by Masahiro Makino (1939) at
the French Cinematheque in Paris. The movie amazed me: I was unaware of the
existence of Japanese musicals in the 30s. I've searched for information
about the subject but I've found practically nothing, only an article in
French by Michael Baskett in *Diasporas *n°4: “Empire et cinéma… : que le
spectacle commence !” and a reference in this article to the book *Reframing
Japanese Cinema: Authorship, Genre, History*, edited by Arthur Nolletti &
David Desser (I've bought the book but I don't received it yet).



Do you know any books or articles about Japanese musicals in the 30s and
40s? I can read English, French and, if necessary, Spanish and Portuguese,
but not Japanese (my level isn’t good enough).



Regards,



Jérémie de Albuquerque

http://hicsuntninjas.blogspot.com
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