Lost Horizon (film)

Japanese: 《失われた地平線》(映画) - うしなわれたちへいせん
Lost Horizon (film)

…He also demonstrated his talent as a storyteller in war action films such as Submarine (1928), and women's films such as The Hopeful Star (1930), The Miracle Virgin (1931), Women in the Twilight (1932), and Storm in China (1933), which marketed Barbara Stanwyck as a "modern" heroine. His utopian story Lost Horizon (1937), based on a novel by James Hilton and adapted by Robert Riskin, is also considered a masterpiece. During World War II, he was called up to work on the wartime propaganda film series Why We Fight. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the film "Lost Horizon" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…《サブマリン》(1928)など戦争アクションや,バーバラ・スタンウィックを〈現代的な〉ヒロインとして売り出した女性映画《希望の星》(1930),《奇蹟の処女》(1931),《たそがれの女》(1932),《風雲の支那》(1933)でもストーリー・テラーとしての優れた才能を発揮。ジェームズ・ヒルトン原作,ロバート・リスキン脚色による,ユートピア物語《失われた地平線》(1937)も名作とされている。第2次世界大戦中は応召して戦時プロパガンダ映画《われら何故戦うか》のシリーズの製作に従事。…

※「《失われた地平線》(映画)」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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