Cinema year book of Japan (1937)

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Prefatory Note The various countries of the world are perhaps aware that our country is proud of her old civilization of two thousand six hundred years and is at the same time show¬ ing a brilliantly swift progress in modern civilization, but it is a matter for regret that, due to the peculiar character of our language, customs, etc., the opportunities of having them made accurately known in foreign countries are lacking. With regard to the motion pictures of Japan, too, notwithstanding they can be compared with those of other countries so far as skill and efficiency of production are concerned, it is exceedingly regrettable that for the same reason the opportunities of having them presented and enjoyed in foreign countries are lacking. However, at the present time, the trend of sending them abroad has at last developed, and we believe that at no distant date in the future they will become a topic in the world market. We have now compiled this year book as a first preparation in this connection, and desire to introduce to foreign countries by means of words and pictures the active prevailing situation in the cinema world of our country and to show all the phases of the Japanese motion picture which have been practically unknown heretofore. The articles assembled in this volume have been written by specialists who are all authorities in their respective fields. We shall be very happy if these articles will serve the specialists, students and lovers of the screen in foreign countries as a good reference book, and as a companion, and contribute to the development of the motion pictures of the world, and hope at the same time that they will be appropriately utilized in connection with similar books in foreign countries. Finally, we wish to express our heartfelt thanks to the three film critics, Mr. Tadasi Iizima, Mr. Akira Iwasaki, and Mr. Kisao Uchida, who kindly cooperated in the compi¬ lation of this book. May, 1937. KOKUSAI EIGA KYOKAI (The International Cinema Association of Japan)