[KineJapan] Tsuburaya film found

[Gerow Aaron]

This news was announced today:

An abridged version of the 1935 film Princess Kaguya, photographed by Tsuburaya Eiji (famed for Godzilla and Ultraman) and directed by Tanaka Yoshitsugu at JO Studio, was discovered in the UK by Roger Macy (familiar to us all at KineJapan. It is a 33 minute version of a 75 minute film which was prepared for the London Japan Society in 1936.

https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2199268/full/

It will be shown at the Tsuburaya retro at the NFAJ in September.


Aaron Gerow
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