《Legend of the Giants》

...He made 22 films over a period of 10 years, all from his own scripts. He was called "the Japanese Rene Clair" and his "image of intelligence" and his witty and elegant way of speaking, which belies his inner pessimism, can only be seen in a few of his three surviving prints (one of which is said to be missing almost the entire first volume) "Akanishi Kaita" (1936) and in the "Film Screenplays" in the third volume of "The Complete Works of Itami Mansaku." Neither his masterpiece "Kokushi Musou" (1932) nor the first talkie "Tadashi Uridashi" (1935) remain. (The only other surviving films are "The Caprice of the King" (1935), which has a unique idea of ​​depicting economic sabotage in the Warring States period, and "The Giants" (1938), an adaptation of Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables" (1862). His real name is Ikeuchi Yoshitoyo. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "The Legend of the Giants" are listed below.

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…10年間に22本の映画を撮ったが，すべて自作のシナリオによる。〈日本のルネ･クレール〉などと呼ばれたその〈知性の映像〉，内面のペシミズムとうらはらの軽妙洒脱（しやだつ）な語り口は，彼の映画のプリントとして現存している3本のうちの1本(しかも前半のほぼ1巻分が欠けているといわれる)《赤西蠣太》(1936)と《伊丹万作全集》第3巻所収の〈映画シナリオ集〉にわずかに片鱗がうかがえるのみで，名作といわれる《国士無双》(1932)もトーキー第1作の《忠次売出す》(1935)も現存していない(《赤西蠣太》のほかに現存するのは，戦国時代の経済破壊工作を描く奇抜なアイディアの《気まぐれ冠者》(1935)と，ビクトル･ユゴーの《レ･ミゼラブル》(1862)を翻案した《巨人伝》(1938))。　本名，池内義豊。…

※「《巨人伝》」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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