Cinema year book of Japan (1937)

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Motion Picture Enterprises in Japan DA1TO EIQA CO. LTD. (Daito Motion Picture Co., Ltd.) Daito Bldg., No. 2, Ginza 1-Chome, Kyobashi-Ku, Tokyo Capital: President: Chief managing director: Managing directors: ¥ 700,000 Tokusaburo Kawai Ryusai Kawai Tatsugoro Abe, Naozane Senno, Kohachi Suzuki ‘Daito Studio” No. 445, Nishi-Sugamo 4-Chome, Toshima-Ku, Tokyo (Manager: Ryusai Kawai) Distribution : Theatres under direct management: 10 under special contract : 381 under percentage contract: 18 The number of directors: cameramen: actors : 8 7 male 253, female 161, juvenile 10 “ DAITO SUGAMO STUDIO ” No. 445, Nishi-Sugamo 4-Chome, Toshima-Ku, Tokyo Manager: Ryusai Kawai Head of the Accountants’ Department: Masao Koshishio The site of the studio: 4,000 tsubo * Stages : 5 stages (1 of 300 tsubo, 2 of 200 tsubo, 2 of 100 tsubo ) 1 sound-recording stage of 100 tsubo * 1 tsubo is 3,305 square metres, (approximately) Cameras : Akeley 1 Parvo 5 Howell 7 Aimmo 3 Aimmo (fast camera) 1 Equipment of electric power: alternating current 400 KW continuous current 200 KW Amout of consumed electric power: 30,000 KW (per month) Directors: Minoru Ishiyama, Hozo Nakajima, Sentaro Shirai, Ryuzo Cameramen : Otomo, Misao Yoshimura, Hideto Hayabusa, Yu Hijikata, Bonhei Toyama Takamitsu Iwafuji, Ko Matsui, Haruo Shinomura, Teijiro Naga, Asajiro Hirokawa, Toshiyuki Kanamori The number of property men: 25 69