The Complete (Existing) Films of Sadao Yamanaka:

Tange Sazen: The Million Ryô Pot (1935): This highly enjoyable, comical take on the stereotypically somber samurai genre comes from Sadao Yamanaka, a filmmaker and leader of the Narutaki cinephile group of Kyoto (who wrote under a collective pseudonym). In the delightful "A Pot Worth a Million...

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Weitere Verfasser: Yamanaka, Sadao (RegisseurIn), Yasumoto, Jun (Kameramann/frau), Machii, Harumi (Kameramann/frau), Mimura, Akira (Kameramann/frau), Ôkôchi, Denjirô (SchauspielerIn), Kawarazaki, Chôjûrô (SchauspielerIn), Nakamura, Kan'emon (SchauspielerIn)
Format: Video Software
Sprache:Undetermined
Veröffentlicht: [U.K.] Eureka Video 2013
Schriftenreihe:The Masters of Cinema Series 122
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Zusammenfassung:Tange Sazen: The Million Ryô Pot (1935): This highly enjoyable, comical take on the stereotypically somber samurai genre comes from Sadao Yamanaka, a filmmaker and leader of the Narutaki cinephile group of Kyoto (who wrote under a collective pseudonym). In the delightful "A Pot Worth a Million Ryo", a man gives away a crusty pot he inherited, but embarks on a madcap hunt to retrieve after discovering that it contains a treasure map. Ending with a humanist message about the inexorable role of chance in human affairs, it features a fantastic performance by the iconic Denjirô Ôkôchi. [www.filmlinc.com]
Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937): Widely regarded as Yamanaka's greatest achievement, "Humanity and Paper Balloons" [Ninjô kami fûsen] was, tragically, his last film, and only one of three that survive today. The story develops in the Tokugawa era of the 18th century, in a poor district of Tokyo, where impoverished samurai live from hand to mouth among equally poor people of lower social classes. One such ronin (masterless samurai) Matajuro, spends his day looking for work whilst his wife, Otaki, makes cheap paper balloons at home. One rainy night, Shinza, a barber, and equally penniless, impulsively abducts the daughter of a wealthy merchant, hiding her at Matajuro's home. Their desperate plan has grave consequences when a ransom attempt backfires. The film, which starts and ends with suicide, is deeply pessimistic, insisting that life in feudal Japan was hellish and short for those at the foot of the social ladder. "Humanity and Paper Balloons" premiered the day Yamanaka was drafted to the frontline at the start of WWII. He died in Manchuria, 1938, aged just 29. Boasting naturalistic performances and fine ensemble playing (from the left-wing theatre troupe Zenshin-za). [www.dvdbeaver.com]
Beschreibung:[2 DVD] (260 Min.) s/w mono

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