Kamata Film Studio

Japanese: 蒲田撮影所 - かまたさつえいじょ
Kamata Film Studio

... Shochiku also began to produce commercial films, starting with Island Girl (directed by Kimura Kinka) in 1920. This first Shochiku film was shot by cameraman Henry Kotani, who had returned from Hollywood. He taught American filming techniques to the staff at Kamata Studios, and directed Poppy (1921), which was a hit and made its leading lady, Kurishima Sumiko, its first star actress. Although Poppy's content was no different from the old Shinpa films, Shochiku began to mass-produce films along this line, and Henry Kotani left Shochiku as early as 1921. ...

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Japanese:

… これとは別に松竹は,1920年の《島の女(むすめ)》(木村錦花監督)を皮切りに商業主義による映画製作にとりかかった。この松竹第1回作品の撮影をしたのが,ハリウッド帰りのカメラマン・ヘンリー小谷で,蒲田撮影所のスタッフにアメリカの撮影技術を伝授し,みずから監督もした《虞美人草》(1921)はヒットして,主演の栗島すみ子を最初のスター女優にした。《虞美人草》は内容的には旧来の新派となんら変わらなかったが,松竹はこの路線の映画を量産するに至り,ヘンリー小谷は早くも21年に松竹を離れた。…

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