[KineJapan] John Sturges 1958 "Old Man and the Sea" in Japan

[Jasper Sharp]

Hi Bruce,
I'd second allcinema.net for U.S. release dates. Also you can check the relevant volume of Eigan nenkan's for the year in question, and finally, most (if not all) foreign releases are documented in :
Tanaka, Junichiro. Nihon eiga hattatsu shi I-V (Developments in Japanese Film History, vols. I–V, 日本映画発達史 I-V).Tokyo: Chuo Koronsha, 1957 (reprint 1980).
Best,
Jasper


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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 01:50:00 -0400
From: raine.michael.j at gmail.com
To: kinejapan at lists.service.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Re: [KineJapan] John Sturges 1958 "Old Man and the Sea" in Japan

Hello Bruce, 

allcinema.net has October 25, 1958. There's a book called 20世紀アメリカ映画事典 : 1914-2000 日本公開作品記錄 that lists all the US films in the order the appeared, I think. I don't remember if it gives the actual release date. Short of that, you could look at Kinema junpo for that month and see if the film is listed. 


Hope that helps,

Michael


On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 1:05 AM, Bruce Baird <baird at umass.edu> wrote:

Dear Colleagues,
I am hoping to tap the wisdom of this list to save myself some legwork.

I am considering an April 1959 dance performance "Old Man and the Sea" choreographed by Ono Kazuo with a script by Ikemiya Nobuo.  I would like to know if the 1958 John Sturges movie "Old Man and the Sea" starring Spencer Tracy screened in Japan (Tokyo Yokohama area) sometime before Nov. 1958 or else before April 1959? IMBD gives the release date of the Sturges movie as October 7 for the New York premier, Oct. 11 for general US release, and Oct. 21, 1958 as the Japan release date. Is this a trustworthy source?

Can anyone suggest a source for double checking the Japanese release date and location of the movie?
Many thanks,
Bruce





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