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OSAKA NATSU NO JIN
(The Summer Battle of Osaka)
A SHOCHIKU PICTURE
" The Summer Battle of Osaka ” is an historical film, a singularly ambitious affair. It is an attempt on the part of Director Teinosukd Kinugasa to reproduce on the screen, in its entirety, the “ Summer Battle” — which Iyeyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate, waged against the House of Toyotomi as represented by the heir to the illustrious Hideyoshi, its previous Lord, and his retainers, at Osaka, in May, 1615.
Such a task, however, is by no means a simple one. It can not possibly be accomplished satisfactorily with a film play designed for presentatian at a single sitting. Nevertheless, a motion picture grasping this sort of history, as history, has hitherto been a rare thing indeed, and the efforts poured into the work by Kinugasa certainly deserve a great deal of appreciation. What is more, he has to a considerable extent achieved what he has set out to do, so that it may well be said that, by and large, his efforts have been crowned with fruition.
The first half of the picture, into which historical facts are woven, constitute the successful part of this film play. In contradistinction to this, the latter half, wherein one of the principal characters is tormented by personal preoccupations, destroys the balance of the ensemble : a defect which should perhaps be attributed to a faulty delineation in the script. The hero rescues Iyeyasu’s daughter at the risk of his life — and Iyeyasu himself promised to give his daughter to him in marriage if he succeeded in saving her — but is not rewarded with what is properly due to him.
The battle scenes are indeed spectacular. The handling of mobs is also excellently done. The role of the hero who rescues Iyeyasu’s daughter but who, in so doing, suffers a great facial disfigurement by fire, is played by Chojiro Hayashi. He gives his very best to this performance.
TADASI IIZIMA
OSAKA NATSU NO JIN
(The Summer Battle of Osaka)
Produced and distributed by Shochiku. Screen play, Teinosukd Kinugasa. Director, Teinosuke
Kinugasa. Photographer, Ko'.tei
Sugiyama. Costumes by Kanpo
Yoshikawa. Music, New Symphonic Orchestra. Music, arranged and conducted by Shiro Fukai.
CAST
Sakazaki-Dewanokami
Chojiro Hayashi
Tokugawa-Iyeyasu ..Hideo Fujino Toyotomi-Iiideyori . . Kotaro Bando
Yodogimi Chiyeko Higashiyama
Senhime Isuzu Yamada
Honda-Sado Kenji Susukida
Honda-Masazwni . . Kokichi Takata
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