Cinema Year Book of Japan 1938 (1938)
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theatre within the limits of the new Act — 750 persons. The majority of the 750-seating theatres are projected for the showing of news and cultural films.
Mr. Tokusaburo Kawai, President of the Daito Cinema Co., Ltd., died.
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important films released during November:
(domestic)
Kaze no na\a no Kodomo (Children in the Wind, Shochiku) Kagiri n a\i Zen shin (Forward Fcrever, Nikkatsu)
Wa\ai Hito (Young People, Tokyo Hassci)
(imported)
The Good Earth (M.G.M.)
Dodsworth (U.A.)
Green Pastures (W.N.)
Les Bas-Fonds (Albatros, France)
DECEMBER
New regulations related to the performance hours and film lengths of one run were formally published in Departmental Ordinance No. 55 by the Home Office. According to the new regulations, th e hours for one run are limited to three, and the maximum length 4,500 mm. (silent) and 5,000 mm. (sound).
Regular showing became permissible in office buildings and department-stores. The Section of Public Peace of the Metropolitan Police revised its “ regulations regarding the establishment of auditorium in upper stories ”, making possible the regular exhibition of movies in high buildings and auditoriums of department-stores.
Mr. J.E. Berkins, manager of the Shanghai Branch, was elected Far Eastern General Manager of the Paramount. .'The Far Eastern Headquarters are expected to be shifted from Tokyo to Shanghai. 3m
Mr. Kakutaro Kawai,. son and heir of the late Mr. Kakuf saburo Kawai, was elected President of the Daito, succeeding his father.
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Important films releasd during December :
(domestic)
Asa\usa no Hi (Lights of Asakusa, Shochiku, Ofuna) Tasogare no Mizuumi (The Lake in Twilight, Tolio, Tokyo) (imported)
Saratoga (M.G.M.)
Topper (M.G.M.)
On the Avenue (aoth-Fox)
La Porte du Large (Sedif)
Au Nom de la Loi (Pathd-Natin)
Truxa (Tobis-Magna)
MOTION-PICTURE ENTERPRISES IN JAPAN
DAITO EIGA C0„ LTD. (Daito Motion Picture Co., Ltd.)
Daito Building, No. 2, Ginza i-Chome, Kyobashi-Ku, Tokyo Capital : ¥700,000
President : Tokusaburo Kawai, Jr.
Chief Managing Director : Ryusai Kawai dumber of Directors : 8
Number of Cameramen : 7
„ Actors : Male 268, Female, 172, Juvenile 10
“ DAITO SUGAMO STUDIO ”
No. 445, Nishi-Sugamo 4-Chome, Toshima-Ku, Tokyo Manager : Ryusai Kawai
Head of Accountants Department : Masao Koshio Site of Studio : 4,000 tsubo*
Stages : 5 stages (1 of 300 tsubo, 2 of 100 tsubo, 2 sound
recording stage of 100 tsubo)
(* 1 tsubo is 3.305 square metres.)
Sound Recording System : Daito System
Cameras : Akeley 1, Parvo 5, Howell 7, Eyemo 3, High Speed Eyemo 1
Equipment of Electric Power : Alternating current 400 KW
Continuous current 200 KW Amount of Consumed Electric Power : 30,000 KW (Month)
Number of Property-men : 26
,, Dressers : 10
Hair-dressers : 18
KYOKUTO EIGA C0„ LTD. (Kyokuto Motion Picture Co., Ltd.)
No, 3, Rokuban-Cho, Naniwa-Shinchi, Minami-Ku, Osaka Capital : ¥500,000
President : Masahiko Ushizukuri
“KYOKUTO FURUICHI STUDIO"
No. 385, Furuichi-Machi Karunosato, Minami-Kochi-Gun, Osaka Manager : Yujiro Hashiba Site of Studio : 8,000 tsubo
Stages : 2 stages
Equipment of Electric Power : Alternating current 200 KW Sound Recording System : Adachi System Number of Directors : 5
„ Scenario Writers : 3
„ Cameramen : 2
„ Actors : Male 142, Female 22, Juvenile 2
NIPPON KATSUDO SHASHIN CO., LTD. (NIKKATSU) (The Nippon Motion Picture Co., Ltd.)
No. 11, Kyobashi 3-Chome, Kyobashi-Ku, Tokyo Capital : ¥8,000,000
President : Sakichi Morita Vice-President : Teiji Tanaka Number of Directors : 23
„ Cameramen : 18
„ Actors : Male 216, Female 105, Juvenile 20
“ NIKKATSU TAMAGAWA STUDIO ”
No. 603, Nunoda Kojimabun, Chofu-Machi, Kitatama-Gun, Tokyo Manager : Kan’ichi Negishi General Manager : Shoshi Ashida Site of Studio : 10,500 tsubo
Stages : 5 (2 stages of 250 tsubo for talkies, 2 stages of 360 tsubo
for talkies, 1 sound recording stage of 100 tsubo)
Sound Recording System: Western Electric sound System, MNK System
Cameras : Mitchell 4, Bell & Howell 6, Parvo 2, Eyemo 5 Equipment of Electric Power : Alternating current 1,500 KW Amount of Consumed Electric Power : 60,000 KW (Month)
Directors : Tetsu Taguchi, Tomotaka Tasaka, Tomu Uchida, Bunjin Kurata, etc.
Scenario Writers : \roshio Aramaki, Noriko Suzuki, Tetsu Suyama, Ryozo Kasahara
Cameramen : Tatsuyuki Y^okota, Kohei Uchida, Seigo Kiga, Michio Midorikawa, Kazue Nagatsuka, Saburo Isayama, Soichi Aisaka, etc. Number of Actors : Male 95, Female 55, Male juvenile 5, Female juvenile 1 1
Number of Property-men : 42
„ Dressers : 1 1
„ Hair-dressers : 7
“NIKKATSU KYOTO STUDIO"
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