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 #:
00074
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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List of cultural films producers: The Tokyo Asahi, The Osaka Asahi Shinbun-Sha ; The Osaka Mainichi, Tokyo Nichi Nielli Shinbun-Sha; Nippon Denpo TsushinSha (Dentsu) ; The Hochi Shinbun-Sha; The Yomiuri ShinbunSha; Domei Shinbun-Sha. Shochiku Co., Ltd.; Nippon Katsudo Shashin Co., Ltd. (Nikkatsu) ; Toho Bunka Eiga-liu (Toho Documentary Film Department) ; Tokyo Sound Picture Production ; Fukada Shokai ; Geijutsu-Eiga-Sha ; Iwamoto Yoko ; Kaji Shokai ; Manchoukuo-Eiga-Sha ; Oku Shokai ; Okuda Shokai ; Sato Cartoon Production; Too Sound News Production, Ltd.; Tokyo Cinema Shokai; Tokyo Bunka-Eiga Kenkyusho ; Yokohama Cinema Shokai. PRODUCTION OF NEWS-REELS ASAHI WORLD NEWS fThe Tokyo Asahi Shinbun-Sha. iThe Osaka Asahi Shinbun-Sha. Founded: March, 1933. Issued: Weekly (on Thursday). Number of Reels : 1 reel a week. Number of Prints: 130 prints per film. Foreign Companies under Special Contract : Fox-Movietone (U.S.A.), UFA (Germany), Luce (Italy). Cameras: Mitchell 1, Banberg 1, Parvo 1, Eyemo 6, Akeley 1, (Fox Co. in Charge). Sound Recording System : P.C.L. System. Exhibition : By The Tokyo Asahi and The Osaka Asahi. DAIMAI-TONICHI INTERNATIONAL NEWS (The Osaka Mainichi Shinbun-Sha. I The Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shinbun-Sha. Founded: Daimai News, 1908; Tonichi News, 1910. Issued: Weekly (on Thursday). Number of Reels: 1 reel a week. Number of Prints: 144 prints per film. Foreign Companies under Special Contract : RKO-Pathe News (U.S.A.), Eclaire Journal, Pathe Journal (France), Bavaria Film A.G. (Germany), Soyuzkinohronica (U.S.S.R.), Pathe Gazette (England) ; Daimai-Tonichi International News sends special cameramen to China ; it has a special contract with Italian cameramen. Cameras: R.C.A. Sound Recording System Single Mitchell 1, Parvo 2, Eyemo 15. Number of Cameramen : 20. Sound Recording System : R. C. A. System, Yokohama Cinema System. Exhibition: By The Osaka Mainichi and The Tokyo Nichi Nichi. SEKAI NO UGOKI (MARCH OF THE WORLD) (The Osaka Mainichi Shinbun-Sha. ' ' l The Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shinbun-Sha. Founded: July, 1936. Issued : Semi-monthly. Number of Reels : 2 reels a month. Number of Prints: 17 prints per film. Se\ai no Ugo\i is compiled from foreign news pictures with dialogue added in Japanese. YOMIURI NEWS By The Yomiuri Shinbun-Sha. Founded: May, 1937. Issued : Weekly. Number of Reels : 1 reel a week. Number of Prints: 92 prints per film. Foreign Companies under Special Contract : Universal (U.S.A.), Pathd Journal (France), Selenophone (Austria), Tobis (Germany), Muller (England). Cameras : Parvo 2, Eyemo 4, Eyemo Turret 2 Number of Cameramen : 7. Sound Recording System : Eion System. Exhibition: By The Yomiuri, Nippon-Shoji Co., Nippon News Picture Co., Yomiuri Distributor in Kyushu, Yomiuri Distributor in Korea. TOA HASSEI NEWS EIGA SEISAKUSHO (THE TOA SOUND NEWS CO., LTD.) Founded : March, 1935. Issued : 6 or 7 reels a month. Number of Prints: 40 prints per film. Foreign Companies under Special Contract: “UFA’ Bavaria Anita News Agency (Germany), Caribian Cinema Co. (Switzerland), Rocinor Belgium-Japan Society (Belgium), Buenos Aires BritishGaumont (South America), Gaumont Film-Aubert (France), EDR Film Company (Spain), Honolulu Pacific Amusement Co., Film Exchanging Co. (U.S.A.). Cameras: Parvo 1, Eyemo 1, Akeley 1. Number of Cameramen : 7. Sound Recording System: Western Electric Sound Recording System. Exhibition : By The Toa Sound News Co. . DOMEI NEWS By The Domei Tsushin-Sha. Founded : July, 1937. Issued: Weekly. Number of Reels: 1 reel a week. Number of Prints: 85 prints per film. Foreign Companies under Special Contract: Hearst Metrotone News (U.S.A.). Cameras: Parvo 3, Eyemo Turret 3, Eyemo 7, Devry 1, K.S. Single Sound Recording Camera 1. Number of Cameramen: 15. Sound Recording System : K.S. System. Exhibition : By The Domei-Eiga-Bu. PARAMOUNT NEWS By The Paramount News Co. Founded: July, 1926. Issued : Semi-monthly. 68 Cases of Photographing (including 21 cases used in U.S.A.). Cameras: Eyemo 3, Parvo 1. Number of Cameramen : 5. Sound Recording System : Western Electric Sound Recording System. ALL JAPAN SOUND NEWS PRESS LEAGUE By All Japan Sound News Press League. Founded : December 9, 1936. Issued: Weekly (on Tuesday). Number of Reels: 1 reel a week. Number of Prints : 20 prints per film. Cameras: Parvo 1, Eyemo 4. Number of Cameramen : 6. 64