Kawai Movies - Kawai Movies

...Kokukatsu began film production at Sugamo Studio and a new studio it built at Tsunohara Junisha in Tokyo, but soon closed Tsunohara Studio (1921) and disbanded in 1925. During this time, Tenkatsu's former Kosaka Studio was taken over by Teikoku Kinema (1920), and Sugamo Studio, which had been transferred from Tenkatsu to Kokukatsu, was eventually bought by Kawai Eigasha (1928). Three film companies were born in 1920. ...

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…国活は巣鴨撮影所と東京角筈十二社に建てた新スタジオとで映画製作を開始したが，まもなく角筈撮影所を閉鎖(1921)，25年に解散した。この間，元天活の小坂撮影所は帝国キネマにひきつがれ(1920)，天活から国活へと移った巣鴨撮影所はやがて河合映画社に買収された(1928)。　20年には三つの映画会社が誕生した。…

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