Cinema Year Book of Japan 1938 (1938)

Record Details:

Title:
Cinema Year Book of Japan 1938
Date:
1938
Publisher:
Tokyo : Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai
Volume:
Cinema year book of Japan : 1938
Leaf #:
00073
Language:
English
Collection:
Japan, Year Book, and Global Cinema
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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dumber of Directors : 20 ,, Cameramen : 16 „ Actors : 1 6 1 “ TOHO TOKYO STUDIO ” No. 100 Kitami-Machi, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo Manager : Goro Kontaibo Site of Studio : 12,000 tsubo Stages : 8 stages (2 of 180 tsubo, 2 of 120 tsubo, 3 of 200 tsubo, 1 of 100 tsubo) Sound Recording System : P.C.L. System Cameras : High Speed Mitchell 5, Mitchell for Silent 3, Parvo 5, Bell & Howell 2, Eyemo 4, Dery 1, High Speed Camera 1, Technicolor Camera 1 Equipment of Electric Power : Alternating current 1,300 KW Continuous current 30 KW Amount of Consumed Electric Power : 60,000 KW Directors: Sotoji Kimura, Kajiro Yamamoto, Mikio Naruse, Eisuke Takizawa, Hisatora Kumagai, Sadao Yamanaka, Torajiro Saito, etc. Cameramen : Hiromitsu Karasawa, Hiroshi Suzuki, Akira Mimura, Tatsuo Tomonari, Mitsuo Miura, etc. Scenario Writers : Chikao Tanaka, Uhei Ima, Juro Miyoshi, Tomoyoshi Murayama, etc. Humber of Actors : 76 ,. property-men : 56 ,, Dressers: 12 ,, Hair-dressers : 8 •‘TOHO KYOTO STUDIO” Uzumasa Kaikonomiya, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto Manager : Keiji Ueno Site of Studio : 5,265 tsubo Stages : 4 stages for talkies, 1 for sound recording Sound Recording System : R.C.A. Photophone, Jenkins Adea System Cameras : Bell & Howell, Mitchell, Parvo, Super Eyemo (Total ■3) Directors : Mansaku Itami, Kyotaro Namiki, Tamizo Ishida, Ryo Hagiwara, etc. Cameramen : Harumi Machii, Kikuzo Kawasaki, Shigeru Miki, etc. Humber of Actors: 85 ,, Property-men : 39 ,, Hair-dressers : 6 "TOHO BUNKA EIGA-BU ” (The Cultural Film Department ol Toho Film Co.) No. 2, Ginza Nishi-5-Chome, Kyobashi-Ku, Tokyo Capital : Under the Toho Eiga Co., Ltd. Manager : Eiichi Kanazashi Head of Proceeding Department : Masanao Ayahe “ TOKYO J. 0. LABORATORY ” No. 5, Ginza Nishi-5-Chome, Kyobashi-Ku, Tokyo Capital : Under the Toho Eiga Co., Ltd. Manager : Tsuneo Yamaoka Activities : Developing, printing, superimposing of titles “ IMAI EIGA SEISAKUJO ” (Imai Picture Production) Uzumasa Horigauchi-Machi, Ukyo-Ku, Kyoto President : Risuke Imai Distribution : By the Toho Eiga Co., Ltd. Site of Studio : 1,000 tsubo Stages : 3 stages for talkies Sound Recording System : Jenkins System, Eion System Cameras : Bell & Howell 1, Parvo 3 Humber of Directors : 5 „ Cameramen : 5 ,, Actors : 150 ,, Property-men : 15 ,, Dressers and Hair-dressers : 7 Imai Eiga Seisakujo was merged into the Toho Eiga Co., Ltd., January, 1938 “ TOKYO HASSEI EIGA SEISAKUJO ” ( Tokyo Sound Picture Production) No. 391, Setagaya 4-Chome, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo Capital : ¥5,000,000 President : Tsutomu Shigemune Distribution : By the Toho Eiga Co. Directors : Tsutomu Shigemune, Shiro Toyoda, Yutaka Abe, etc. Cameramen : Kin’ya Ogura, Joji Ohara Scenario Writers : Naoyuki Hatta, Yasutaro Yagi, etc. Site of Studio : 5,000 tsubo Stages : 1 stage for talkies Sound Recording System : Pantonal Recording System Cameras : Mitchell 1, Eyemo 1, Parvo 1, Bell & Howell 1 Equipment of Electric Power : Alternating current 450 KW Continuous current 10 KW Amount of Consumed Electric Power : 15,000 KW Humber of Actors : Male 50, Female 25, Juvenile 3 ,, Property-men : 22 „ Dressers : 2 Humber of Hair-dressers : 2 Tokyo Hassei Eiga Seisakujo closed its production, February, 1938 ZENSHO EIGA CO., LTD. (Zensho Motion Picture Co., Ltd.) Ayameike, Saidaiji, Fushimi-Mura, Ikoma-Gun, Nara Capital: ¥200,000 President : Tenryu Yamaguchi “ ZENSHO STUDIO ” Ayameike Saidaiji, Fushimi-Mura, Ikoma-Gun, Nara Manager : Tenryu Yamaguchi Site of Studio : 6,250 tsubo Sound Recording System : Zensho Phone Cameras : Parvo 3 Equipment of Electric Power : Alternating current 120 KW Amount of Consumed Electric Power : 5,500 KW (Month) Humber of Diretors : 3 „ Cameramen : 3 „ Property-men : 21 „ Dressers : 3 „ Hair-dressers : 4 CULTURAL FILMS Number of cultural films produced in 1937 287 (Sound films. ... 232, Silent films ....55) Classified list : Army and Navy 49 Tourism 47 Education 45 Industry 33 Documentary 30 Cartoons 22 Advertising 19 Sports 9 Manners and Customs ... .8 Sanitation 7 Amusements 6 Science 5 Art 3 Politics 2 Music 2 63