Kihachimono - Kihachimono

Japanese: 喜八物 - きはちもの
Kihachimono - Kihachimono

...A 1934 Shochiku Kamata film directed by Yasujiro Ozu. Following "Dekigokoro" (1933), Takeshi Sakamoto plays the lead character named Kihachi, and this film, along with the following "Tokyo Inn" (1935), is known as a "Kihachi film." Since Gosho Heinosuke's "Madame and Wife" in 1931, directors have been aiming for talkies one after another, and Shochiku Kamata Studio was the studio that produced the most talkies at the time, but Ozu stubbornly stuck to completely silent films until this film in 1934. ...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…小津安二郎監督の1934年松竹蒲田作品。《出来ごころ》(1933)に次いで坂本武が喜八という名の主人公を演じ,これに次ぐ《東京の宿》(1935)とともに〈喜八物〉と呼ばれる。1931年の五所平之助監督の《マダムと女房》以来,監督たちは次々とトーキーを目ざし,当時もっとも多くトーキー作品を作っていた松竹蒲田撮影所であったが,小津はかたくなに34年のこの作品まで完全なサイレントに固執した。…

※「喜八物」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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