Amateur Club

Japanese: 《アマチュア俱楽部》 - あまちゅあくらぶ
Amateur Club

...At that time, Tanizaki Junichiro, who had a deep interest in film, was brought in as a literary advisor. Like Shochiku, Daikatsu also brought in another actor who had returned from Hollywood, Thomas Kurihara (1885-1926), as a director, and their first production was Amateur Club (1920), adapted from a Tanizaki Junichiro novel and directed by Thomas Kurihara. This film was a modern, cheerful comedy that was very different from the traditional Shinpa films, with an actress (Hayama Michiko) clad only in a swimsuit frolicking on the beach in summer, and it was innovative in its use of close-ups and cut-backs, but it was not well received by the audiences of the time. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Amateur Club" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そのとき文芸顧問として迎えられたのが,映画に深い関心をもっていた谷崎潤一郎である。大活ではもう一人,松竹同様,ハリウッド帰りの俳優・トーマス栗原(1885‐1926)を監督として迎え,谷崎潤一郎原作脚色・トーマス栗原監督《アマチュア俱楽部》(1920)を第1回作品として世に出した。この映画は従来の新派とは大きく違った近代的な明朗コメディで,水着1枚の女優(葉山三千子)が夏の海辺をはねまわり,クローズアップやカットバックなどの手法を駆使した斬新なものであったが,当時の観客には受けなかった。…

※「《アマチュア俱楽部》」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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