[KineJapan] Seeking info on "The Flame in the Fog" [sic] a silent film

Sat Jul 11 07:01:34 EDT 2026

TYVM !

Dan Streible
NYU Cinema Studies
917-754-1401
https://www.nyu.edu/orphanfilm

On Sat, Jul 11, 2026 at 1:09 PM Dan Streible <dan.streible at nyu.edu> wrote:

> Thnx Marcus.
> Noda! Good to know
>
>
> Dan Streible
> NYU Cinema Studies
> 917-754-1401
> https://www.nyu.edu/orphanfilm
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> On Sat, Jul 11, 2026 at 11:58 AM Markus Nornes <nornes at umich.edu> wrote:
>
>>  Hi Dan,
>>
>> That still is breathtaking. I wonder if the film is extant. The Film
>> Archive doesn’t have it in their database. Maybe Shochiku has it. But you’d
>> have to ask. I notice Ozu’s screenwriter Noda Kogo wrote the script, so it
>> could be that is available at the Noda Kogo archive up in his old mountain
>> getaway in Tateshina.
>>
>> I think most of Suzuki’s early work is lost. Here is what the NFAJ has.
>>
>> Markus
>>
>> No 映画題名 製作年月日 監督 製作会社
>> 1 何が彼女をそうさせたか
>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nfad.nfaj.go.jp_det.php-3Fdata-5Fid-3D45283&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=Q87Yp-gOij09h_pnagtgmI_3gqjIbsmcvRbcm3RXB00&m=2p93Mb2RAAqFgmFQMMRJGya2zyNVXo2Iasa6dA1VoUTGons7AaH4NFzOjQ2jg63o&s=Q3pbGiZ9FPIfGApdRlSGUSoh3k9DfYsdfGNmsgZSN2A&e=>
>> 1930 監督:鈴木重吉 帝国キネマ
>> 2 東洋平和の道
>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nfad.nfaj.go.jp_det.php-3Fdata-5Fid-3D1306&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=Q87Yp-gOij09h_pnagtgmI_3gqjIbsmcvRbcm3RXB00&m=2p93Mb2RAAqFgmFQMMRJGya2zyNVXo2Iasa6dA1VoUTGons7AaH4NFzOjQ2jg63o&s=Fo3F-gA1ongDJM9vrGceEhV6oC7MtIRt1PwF71j-Oqk&e=>
>> 1938 監督:張迷生/監督:鈴木重吉 東和商事映画部[製作・提供]
>> 3 榮冠涙あり
>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nfad.nfaj.go.jp_det.php-3Fdata-5Fid-3D216&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=Q87Yp-gOij09h_pnagtgmI_3gqjIbsmcvRbcm3RXB00&m=2p93Mb2RAAqFgmFQMMRJGya2zyNVXo2Iasa6dA1VoUTGons7AaH4NFzOjQ2jg63o&s=uSB71rt_YHzWLtZTJty74vGwFiZbhFfvBW88IZ8iR04&e=>
>> 1931 監督:鈴木重吉 不二映画
>> 4 榮冠涙あり
>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nfad.nfaj.go.jp_det.php-3Fdata-5Fid-3D13544&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=Q87Yp-gOij09h_pnagtgmI_3gqjIbsmcvRbcm3RXB00&m=2p93Mb2RAAqFgmFQMMRJGya2zyNVXo2Iasa6dA1VoUTGons7AaH4NFzOjQ2jg63o&s=qmiK2v8k5SzXsHq2pK0UbFemANP5LEwSsz0I7Pgo2_o&e=>
>> 1931 監督:鈴木重吉 不二映画
>> 5 榮冠涙あり
>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nfad.nfaj.go.jp_det.php-3Fdata-5Fid-3D86263&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=Q87Yp-gOij09h_pnagtgmI_3gqjIbsmcvRbcm3RXB00&m=2p93Mb2RAAqFgmFQMMRJGya2zyNVXo2Iasa6dA1VoUTGons7AaH4NFzOjQ2jg63o&s=RuvzzIOlJdH-H6LgJL7Ei35XjLjV1zB8FSWdBc4g9qY&e=>
>> 1931 監督:鈴木重吉 不二映画
>> 6 熊の出る開墾地
>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nfad.nfaj.go.jp_det.php-3Fdata-5Fid-3D453&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=Q87Yp-gOij09h_pnagtgmI_3gqjIbsmcvRbcm3RXB00&m=2p93Mb2RAAqFgmFQMMRJGya2zyNVXo2Iasa6dA1VoUTGons7AaH4NFzOjQ2jg63o&s=RR7XlscnZRHDo1lErk_eWVGmbuHB5kpyDYA5-Jl1Rxs&e=>
>> 1932 監督:鈴木重吉 不二映画製作所
>> 7 熊の出る開墾地
>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nfad.nfaj.go.jp_det.php-3Fdata-5Fid-3D13545&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=Q87Yp-gOij09h_pnagtgmI_3gqjIbsmcvRbcm3RXB00&m=2p93Mb2RAAqFgmFQMMRJGya2zyNVXo2Iasa6dA1VoUTGons7AaH4NFzOjQ2jg63o&s=qBnR2-2Xj6lZobocqWMgHTH19ye-GjPTLDRLJOICcTs&e=>
>> 1932 監督:鈴木重吉 不二映画製作所
>> 8 進軍
>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nfad.nfaj.go.jp_det.php-3Fdata-5Fid-3D27163&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=Q87Yp-gOij09h_pnagtgmI_3gqjIbsmcvRbcm3RXB00&m=2p93Mb2RAAqFgmFQMMRJGya2zyNVXo2Iasa6dA1VoUTGons7AaH4NFzOjQ2jg63o&s=hw13dxeqsqsMOZKuA1w09yNzoaVZKAD-v1ED_s_gbdk&e=>
>> 1930 監督:牛原虚彦 松竹キネマ株式会社 蒲田作品
>> 9 進軍
>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nfad.nfaj.go.jp_det.php-3Fdata-5Fid-3D811&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=Q87Yp-gOij09h_pnagtgmI_3gqjIbsmcvRbcm3RXB00&m=2p93Mb2RAAqFgmFQMMRJGya2zyNVXo2Iasa6dA1VoUTGons7AaH4NFzOjQ2jg63o&s=emkunRlT8NoQq-88KffX_2kXJnUTjkjwnjfcuNQ9Ffw&e=>
>> 1930 監督:牛原虚彦 松竹キネマ株式会社 蒲田作品
>> 10 進軍
>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nfad.nfaj.go.jp_det.php-3Fdata-5Fid-3D83427&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=Q87Yp-gOij09h_pnagtgmI_3gqjIbsmcvRbcm3RXB00&m=2p93Mb2RAAqFgmFQMMRJGya2zyNVXo2Iasa6dA1VoUTGons7AaH4NFzOjQ2jg63o&s=qfTlomDG6RGEkilKa3frQQxgrr3crMo07h_2Y5KQ58I&e=>
>> 1930 監督:牛原虚彦 松竹キネマ株式会社 蒲田作品
>> 11 闇の手品
>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nfad.nfaj.go.jp_det.php-3Fdata-5Fid-3D82470&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=Q87Yp-gOij09h_pnagtgmI_3gqjIbsmcvRbcm3RXB00&m=2p93Mb2RAAqFgmFQMMRJGya2zyNVXo2Iasa6dA1VoUTGons7AaH4NFzOjQ2jg63o&s=Zt8iF2SRWNUPp6H8ndDX4aEgyrnSSaG7pmHEPnYMGvs&e=>
>> 1927 監督:鈴木重吉 本庄映画研究所
>> 12 雁來紅 かりそめのくちべに
>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nfad.nfaj.go.jp_det.php-3Fdata-5Fid-3D99438&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=Q87Yp-gOij09h_pnagtgmI_3gqjIbsmcvRbcm3RXB00&m=2p93Mb2RAAqFgmFQMMRJGya2zyNVXo2Iasa6dA1VoUTGons7AaH4NFzOjQ2jg63o&s=_d0zQ1NulhvS3-hW3He_g1Y6w6uVcQeul9mHuYUI1d0&e=>
>> 1934 監督:鈴木重吉 入江ぷろだくしよん[作品]
>> 13 雁來紅 かりそめのくちべに
>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nfad.nfaj.go.jp_det.php-3Fdata-5Fid-3D457&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=Q87Yp-gOij09h_pnagtgmI_3gqjIbsmcvRbcm3RXB00&m=2p93Mb2RAAqFgmFQMMRJGya2zyNVXo2Iasa6dA1VoUTGons7AaH4NFzOjQ2jg63o&s=-SK_mTd84F6KiKcZty6Ja0-rFNWYKO2NDb3UlUnVU_I&e=>
>> 1934 監督:鈴木重吉 入江ぷろだくしよん[作品]
>>
>>
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>> ---
>>
>> *Markus Nornes*
>> *Professor of Asian Cinema*
>>
>> Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages
>> and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design
>>
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>> *Homepage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/
>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www-2Dpersonal.umich.edu_-7Enornes_&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=Q87Yp-gOij09h_pnagtgmI_3gqjIbsmcvRbcm3RXB00&m=2p93Mb2RAAqFgmFQMMRJGya2zyNVXo2Iasa6dA1VoUTGons7AaH4NFzOjQ2jg63o&s=_TigFNTENZtpTWYQd-MwwqVu0iDg9wwkTIIPK39jXdo&e=>*
>> *Department of Film, Television and Media*
>> *6348 North Quad*
>> *105 S. State Street**Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285*
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>>
>> On Sat, Jul 11, 2026 at 9:57 AM Dan Streible via KineJapan <
>> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Curious about this film frame published in the journal *Close Up* (January
>>> 1929).
>>> https://archive.org/details/closeup04macp/page/n69/mode/2up
>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__archive.org_details_closeup04macp_page_n69_mode_2up&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=Q87Yp-gOij09h_pnagtgmI_3gqjIbsmcvRbcm3RXB00&m=2p93Mb2RAAqFgmFQMMRJGya2zyNVXo2Iasa6dA1VoUTGons7AaH4NFzOjQ2jg63o&s=w394j_flnDFGv-FewS_1xu6uay5LIMbCs5zlVQzNH7k&e=>
>>> The caption gives the English title *The Flame in the Fog**, *a  narrative
>>> feature filmed almost entirely during heavy natural fog. Someone on
>>> social media tells me JA.wikipedia says this is 霧の中の灯 (Light/Lamp in
>>> the Fog, 1926, Shochiku studio)
>>> [Google translate says "Kiri no naka no akari" = A LIGHT IN THE MIST.
>>> Thanks to "sae z. utte" on BlueSky.
>>>
>>> Elsewhere in the journal, director "J. Shige Sudzuky" [Shigeyoshi
>>> Suzuki] is identified as a prolific Japanese filmmaker, who had directed
>>> some 30 films by then, often 'experimental' in style.
>>> Sudzuky wrote some articles for *Close Up* about Japan's movie industry
>>> in the late 20s and early 1930s. And the journal published a dozen or more
>>> images he supplied it from his own films. One said to be produced in
>>> Japan for Universal.
>>>
>>> The journal illustrated Andor Krazna-Krausz's 1932 book review of
>>> Rudolph Arnheim's *Film als Kunst* exclusively with frames from Sudzuky
>>> 'avantgardefilms,' including one titled *Jazz and Love. *The review
>>> does not refer to him or any of his films, or even to Japan.
>>>
>>> The only Suzuki's silent film I find much about in English is *What
>>> Made Her Do It?* (何が彼女をそうさせたか, *Nani ga kanojo o sō saseta ka*) 1930.
>>> That one is viewable.
>>> Are any other Suzuki silents availabe?
>>> Thanks for any leads.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> NYU Cinema Studies
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