"The Woman Who Touched My Foot"

...As a director returning from Hollywood, he infused American modernism and sophistication into "contemporary dramas," and attracted attention with comedies filled with a chic urban sensibility, "erotic tastes," and "musical harmony (tempo and rhythm)" such as "Kyoko and Wabunko" (1926, co-written with Shimizu Hiroshi and Ito Daisuke), "The Woman with a Stuck Foot" (1926), and "Five Women Surrounding Him" ​​(1927). These works made Okada Tokihiko a stylish leading man star. Together with the "Friday Club" centered around Mori Iwao, a screenwriter who had returned from the West, he contributed to the resuscitation of "Nikkatsu contemporary dramas."...

*The following is a portion of the glossary that refers to "The Woman with a Stuck Foot."

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…ハリウッド帰りの監督として，アメリカ的なモダニズムとソフィスティケーションを〈現代劇〉に吹きこみ，しゃれた都会的センスと，〈好色趣味〉と〈音楽的諧調(テンポとリズム)〉にあふれた喜劇《京子と倭文子》(1926。清水宏，伊藤大輔と競作)，《足にさはった女》(1926)，《彼を繞る五人の女》(1927)で一躍注目され，これらの作品によって岡田時彦を粋な二枚目スターにした。欧米帰りのシナリオ･ライター森岩雄を中心にした〈金曜会〉とともに〈日活現代劇〉のてこ入れに貢献。…

※「《足にさはった女》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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