Film director. His real name was Kogame Teinosuke. He was born on January 1, 1896 in Mie Prefecture. Influenced by his mother, he loved acting, which led him to run away from home at the age of 18, and he worked as a female actor in various Shinpa theater companies, before joining Nikkatsu Mukojima Studio in 1917 (Taisho 6). As a leading female actor, he appeared in roles such as Sasha in Tanaka Eizo's The Living Corpse (1918). In 1923, he turned to directing with Makino Films. Some of his representative works from the silent era include the unsubtitled contemporary drama A Crazy Page (1926), which he made with Kawabata Yasunari and others in the Shinkankakuha Film League, and the ambitious period drama Crossroads (1928) for the Kinugasa Film League. He traveled to Europe with the latter, paving the way for Japanese films to be acclaimed overseas (these two films were re-released in 1975 with music added). After returning to Japan, he directed the first talkie film, Chushingura (1932), the Yukinojō Henge trilogy (1935-1936) with Hayashi Chōjirō (Hasegawa Kazuo), and Summer Siege of Osaka (1937) at Shochiku. He then moved to Toho, where he showed his talents in period dramas such as Snake Princess (1940) and The Battle of Kawanakajima (1941). After World War II, he directed the satirical comedy Aru Yoru no Tonosama (The Lord of a Certain Night) (1946) and Actress (1947), which depicts the love and death of Matsui Sumako. He then moved to Daiei, where he directed Gate of Hell (1953), the first colour film produced by the company, which won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, among other films, before retiring in 1966. He passed away on February 26, 1982. [Nobuo Chiba] Documents List of Director's Works Death of My Sister (1920) Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
映画監督。本名小亀貞之助。明治29年1月1日、三重県生まれ。母の影響による芝居好きが高じて、18歳で出奔、新派劇団の女方(おやま)を転々とし、1917年(大正6)日活向島(むこうじま)撮影所に入社。立(たて)女方として田中栄三監督の『生ける屍(しかばね)』(1918)のサーシャ役などに出演。1923年マキノ映画で監督に転じた。サイレント時代の代表作に、川端康成(やすなり)らと新感覚派映画聯盟(れんめい)を結成してつくった無字幕の現代劇『狂った一頁(ページ)』(1926)と、衣笠映画聯盟での野心的時代劇『十字路』(1928)がある。後者を携えてヨーロッパに外遊、日本映画の海外評価に道を開いた(なおこの2本は1975年に音楽を付して再公開された)。帰国後、松竹でトーキー初の『忠臣蔵』(1932)、林長二郎(長谷川(はせがわ)一夫)と組んでの『雪之丞変化(ゆきのじょうへんげ)』三部作(1935~1936)、『大坂夏の陣』(1937)、東宝に移って『蛇姫様』(1940)、『川中島合戦』(1941)などの時代劇の大作に手腕を振るい、第二次世界大戦後は風刺喜劇『或(あ)る夜の殿様』(1946)、松井須磨子(すまこ)の愛と死を描く『女優』(1947)、大映に移ってからは、同社の第1回カラー作品でカンヌ国際映画祭グランプリなどを受けた『地獄門』(1953)をはじめ多くの作品を手がけて、1966年に引退。昭和57年2月26日没。 [千葉伸夫] 資料 監督作品一覧妹の死(1920) 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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