Princess Kaguya (1935 film)

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Princess Kaguya
File:Princess Kaguya poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Yoshitsugu Tanaka
Screenplay by J.O. Planning Department
Based on The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter[1]
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Music by Michio Miyagi[2]
Cinematography Eiji Tsuburaya[1][3]
Production
company
Distributed by Towa Shoji Film Club[2]
Release dates
 November 21, 1935 (Japan)[2]
Running time
 75 minutes[2]
33 minutes (shortened version)
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Princess Kaguya (Japanese: かぐや姫 Hepburn: Kaguya Hime?)[lower-alpha 1] is a 1935 Japanese musical drama film directed by Yoshitsugu Tanaka,[4] with cinematography and special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.[5] Produced by J.O. Studios[6] (later Toho), it is based on the 10th century Japanese literary tale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.[7] In the film, Princess Kaguya was raised by a couple who spread rumors that she had ascended a mountain in order to deceive suitors and ran away with her son and the princess.[7] The film was considered lost until the British Film Institute found a 35mm cut in May 2015.[8][9][10][3][11][12]

Cast

Production

Special effects

Famed special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya worked on the film's effects,[5] which are regarded as a major advancement in Japanese visual effects.[14] Miniatures and synthetic techniques were used to recreate the town of Kyoto.[1][5][7]

Kenzō Masaoka supervised the miniature effects for the film. He would later recall in Kinema Junpo: "We tried to create our own frame-by-frame shots for the oxcarts, which I think was the first time this [technique] was attempted in Japan. We shot about ten plaster figures of oxen in various stages of movement, and then animated them by replacing these static models frame-by-frame. These plaster figures were the masterpieces of Takefu Asano, and took a period of more than one month to sculpt."[15]

Release

The Japan Association of London organized a screening in 1936 for local subsidiaries, and requested the Embassy of Japan to "prepare a film about Japanese myths and legends."[12] In addition to not having a screening record since its release, the location of the film was also unknown.[9] The British Film Institute (BFI) received information in May 2015 regarding a flammable positive film of the film. A researcher at the National Film Archive investigated the film at the BFI Preservation Center in October of the same year and determined that it was a shortened version of the film.[9] The shortened version of the film was released in Japan on September 4, 2021,[16] after negotiations with the BFI for six years.[9]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Also known as Princess of the Moon.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Ryfle 1998, p. 45.
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  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Ragone 2014, p. 193.
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  14. ↑ Ragone 2014, p. 27.
  15. ↑ Ragone 2014, pp. 26–27.
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