Uchida Tomu - Uchida Tomu

Japanese: 内田吐夢 - うちだとむ
Uchida Tomu - Uchida Tomu

Film director. His real name was Tsunejiro. He was born on April 26, 1898 in Okayama City. After dropping out of Okayama Middle School, he worked in Yokohama. In 1920 (Taisho 9), while visiting the Taisho Katsuei film studios that had been established there, he appeared in "Amateur Club" and entered the film industry. In 1926, he joined Nikkatsu as an actor, and made the transition to directing with "Three Days of the Race" (1927). In 1929 (Showa 4), he released "Living Doll," which was praised as a pioneer of trend films for its satirical depiction of the sorrows of ordinary people at the mercy of the social system. "The Revenge Player" (1931) also had the same theme. In the late 1930s, he made heavy, realist talkie works such as "Theater of Life" (1936), "The Naked Town," "Endless Advance" (1937), and "Earth" (1939). He went to China in 1945 (Showa 20) and remained there until 1954. He returned with "Bloody Spear Fuji" (1955) and established a world in Japanese cinema by focusing on the violent energy of Japanese men in relation to social class in films such as the "Daibosatsu Toge" trilogy (1957-1959), the "Miyamoto Musashi" pentalogy (1961-1965), and "Hunger Straits" (1964). He passed away on August 7, 1970. His books include "Fifty Years of the Film Director" (1968).

[Nobuo Chiba]

Documents List of Director's Works

Ah, Officer Konishi (1922)
The Hunchback of Enmei-in (1925)
War (1925)
Righteous Blood (1925)
Vanity is Hell (1925)
Three Days of Racing (1927)
Shoes (1927)
Future Success (1927)
Rowing King (1927)
Oriental Martial Arts Troops (1927)
The Sloth (1927)
Gunpowder and Bullets (1927)
Nomisuke Temperance Incident (1928)
The Earth Rotates: Part 3, Fantasy (1928)
The Stingy Millionaire (1928)
Light (1928)
The Winds of the World (1929)
Living Doll (1929)
Nikkatsu March Movement Edition (1929)
The port of departure for the Great Ocean Cruise (1929)
Sweat (1929)
A Day in Heaven (1930)
Jean Valjean: The First and Second Parts (1931)
Miss Nippon (1931)
Page Three (1931)
The Revenge Player (1931)
Standing on the Earth (1932)
Love is Everywhere (1932)
Screaming Asia (1933)
Police Officer (1933)
Sun over the River (1934)
Hot Wind (1934)
The Silver Throne (1935)
Theatre of Life (1936)
The Crown of Life (1936)
The Naked City (1937)
Endless Progress (1937)
One Thousand and One Nights in Tokyo (1938)
Earth (1939)
History Part 1: The Boshin War (1940)
History Part 2: Scorched Earth Construction / Part 3: Dawn of Japan (1940)
Torii Goemon (1942)
Bloody Spear of Mt. Fuji (1955)
Twilight Sake Bar (1955)
In My Hole (1955)
Kuroda Incident (1956)
The Revenge of Prison Fortress (1956)
The Wild Road (1957)
Daibosatsu Pass (1957)
Dotamba (1957)
The Thousand Lions (1958)
Great Bodhisattva Pass Part 2 (1958)
Forest and Lake Festival (1958)
Daibodhisattva Pass Final Edition (1959)
Love Story of Naniwa (1959)
Wine, Women and Spears (1960)
The Tale of the Demonic Sword: The Flower of Yoshiwara's Hundred Slayings (1960)
Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
Love, Love, Love (1962)
Miyamoto Musashi: Duel at Hannyazaka (1962)
Miyamoto Musashi: The Enlightenment of the Two-Sword Style (1963)
Miyamoto Musashi: Duel at Ichijoji (1964)
Hunger Straits (1964)
Miyamoto Musashi: Duel on Ganryu Island (1965)
Theatre of Life: Hishakaku and Kiratsune (1968)
Serious Battle (1971)

"Uchida Tomu - 50 Years as a Film Director" (1999, Japan Library Center)

[References] | Hunger Straits | Trendy Movies | Period Dramas | Miyamoto Musashi

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

映画監督。本名常次郎。明治31年4月26日岡山市に生まれる。岡山中学中退後、横浜で働く。1920年(大正9)、同地に設立された大正活映の撮影所へ遊びに行くうち、『アマチュア倶楽部(くらぶ)』に出演、映画界に入る。1926年に俳優として日活に入社、『競走三日間』(1927)で監督へ転進した。1929年(昭和4)『生ける人形』を発表、社会機構に踊らされる小市民の悲哀を風刺的に描いて傾向映画の先駆と評価された。『仇討(あだうち)選手』(1931)も同じ主題の作品。1930年代後半には『人生劇場』(1936)、『裸の町』『限りなき前進』(1937)、『土』(1939)とトーキーによる重厚なリアリズム作品をつくる。1945年(昭和20)中国に渡り、1954年まで残留。『血槍(ちやり)富士』(1955)で復帰して、『大菩薩峠(だいぼさつとうげ)』三部作(1957~1959)、『宮本武蔵(むさし)』五部作(1961~1965)、『飢餓(きが)海峡』(1964)などで日本の男の暴力エネルギーを社会階級との関係で凝視、日本映画に一つの世界を確立した。昭和45年8月7日死去。著書に『映画監督五十年』(1968)がある。

[千葉伸夫]

資料 監督作品一覧

噫(ああ)小西巡査(1922)
延命院の傴僂(せむし)男(1925)
戦争(1925)
義血(1925)
虚栄は地獄(1925)
競走三日間(1927)
靴(1927)
未来の出世(1927)
漕艇(そうてい)王(1927)
東洋武侠団(1927)
なまけ者(1927)
砲煙弾雨(1927)
のみすけ禁酒騒動(1928)
地球は廻る 第三部 空想篇(1928)
けちんぼ長者(ケチンボ長者)(1928)
光(1928)
娑婆(しゃば)の風(1929)
生ける人形(1929)
日活行進曲 運動篇(1929)
大洋児出船の港(1929)
汗(1929)
天国其(その)日帰り(1930)
ジャンバルジャン 前後篇(1931)
日本嬢(ミスニッポン)(1931)
三面記事(1931)
仇討選手(1931)
大地に立つ 前後篇(1932)
愛は何処までも(1932)
叫ぶアジア(1933)
警察官(1933)
河の上の太陽(1934)
熱風(1934)
白銀の王座 前後篇(1935)
人生劇場(1936)
生命の冠(1936)
裸の町(1937)
限りなき前進(1937)
東京千一夜(1938)
土(1939)
歴史 第一部 動乱戊辰(ぼしん)(1940)
歴史 第二部 焦土建設・第三部 黎明(れいめい)日本(1940)
鳥居強右衛門(1942)
血槍富士(1955)
たそがれ酒場(1955)
自分の穴の中で(1955)
黒田騒動(1956)
逆襲獄門砦(1956)
暴れん坊街道(1957)
大菩薩(ぼさつ)峠(1957)
どたんば(1957)
千両獅子(1958)
大菩薩峠 第二部(1958)
森と湖のまつり(1958)
大菩薩峠 完結篇(1959)
浪花(なにわ)の恋の物語(1959)
酒と女と槍(1960)
妖刀物語 花の吉原百人斬り(1960)
宮本武蔵(1961)
恋や恋なすな恋(1962)
宮本武蔵 般若坂(はんにゃざか)の決斗(1962)
宮本武蔵 二刀流開眼(1963)
宮本武蔵 一乗寺の決斗(1964)
飢餓海峡(1964)
宮本武蔵 巌流島の決斗(1965)
人生劇場 飛車角と吉良常(きらつね)(1968)
真剣勝負(1971)

『内田吐夢著『内田吐夢――映画監督五十年』(1999・日本図書センター)』

[参照項目] | 飢餓海峡 | 傾向映画 | 時代劇 | 宮本武蔵

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