Film director. Born in Tokyo on February 1, 1902. Graduated from Keio Gijuku Business and Industrial School. Joined Shochiku Kamata Studio in 1923 (Taisho 12). After working as an assistant to director Shimazu Yasujiro, he was promoted to director in 1925, and was recognized for his films Shameful Dream and Trick Girl in 1927 (Showa 2), and highly praised for the detailed cinematic expression of The Village Bride in 1928. In 1931, he successfully sketched the life of the common man with Madame and the Wife, Japan's first full-scale feature film made using a domestic talkie, and thereafter showed his true worth in works that looked warmly and lyrically at the lives of ordinary people. His main works in the 1930s and 1940s include the silent version of "The Dancer of Izu" (1933), starring Tanaka Kinuyo, "Life's Burden" (1935), "The Song of the Flower Basket" (1937), "Tree and Stone" (1940), and "Fresh Snow" (1942). After World War II, he returned with "Once Upon a Time" (1947), and worked in many genres until the 1968 puppet show "Meiji Spring and Autumn," but his most famous work is "A Place Where the Chimney Can Be Seen" (1953, won an award at the Berlin International Film Festival), which depicts the postwar social customs and the love and solidarity between two couples. He died on May 1, 1981. [Nobuo Chiba] Documents List of Director's Works Spring in the South Island (1925) Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
映画監督。明治35年2月1日、東京生まれ。慶応義塾商工学校卒業。1923年(大正12)松竹蒲田(かまた)撮影所に入社。島津保次郎(やすじろう)監督の助手を経て1925年に監督昇進、1927年(昭和2)の『恥しい夢』と『からくり娘』で認められ、1928年の『村の花嫁』の、きめ細かな映画表現が高く評価された。1931年には、国産トーキーによる日本最初の本格的劇映画『マダムと女房』で小市民生活のスケッチに成功、以後、庶民生活を温かく、叙情的に見つめた作品に真価を発揮した。1930年代、1940年代のおもな作品には、田中絹代主演のサイレント版『伊豆の踊子』(1933)、『人生のお荷物』(1935)、『花籠(はなかご)の歌』(1937)、『木石(ぼくせき)』(1940)、『新雪(しんせつ)』(1942)などがある。第二次世界大戦後は『今ひとたびの』(1947)で復帰、1968年の人形劇映画『明治はるあき』まで多くのジャンルの作品を手がけたが、戦後の社会風俗と2組の男女の愛と連帯を描いた『煙突の見える場所』(1953。ベルリン国際映画祭入賞)が代表作。昭和56年5月1日没。 [千葉伸夫] 資料 監督作品一覧南島の春(1925) 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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