feature film

...It is also called a programmer in English. In other words, it is a second feature, supporting feature, or co-feature to the main feature film of a program. In the case of Japanese films, there were methods of bundling, such as a program of one modern drama and one period drama, bundling with older works, mixing with other companies' works, or using a low-cost film called the second part as a supporting feature, from before the war. According to Junichiro Tanaka (History of the Development of Japanese Films), after the war, around 1950, when the film famine at the end of the war, when people were starved for entertainment due to the proliferation of movie theaters and the dumping of already-released films, became a thing of the past, double features, which were called a service to the audience, began to become prominent.

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…英語でprogrammerともいう。また別の言い方をすれば，番組のメーンになる〈本編feature film〉に対する〈併映作品，添えものsecond feature,supporting feature,co‐feature〉である。　日本映画の場合は〈抱合せ〉という形で，戦前から，現代劇1本と時代劇1本の番組，旧作との〈併映〉，他社作品との〈混映〉，あるいは〈第二部〉と呼ばれた低コストの作品を〈添えもの〉にする方式などがあったが，田中純一郎(《日本映画発達史》)によれば，戦後，〈映画館の乱立乱戦と既封切映画のダンピングによって〉娯楽に飢えていた終戦当時の〈フィルム飢饉〉が昔語りとなった1950年ころから，〈観客へのサービスと称する2本立て興行〉が目だち始めた。…

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