Underplayed Gems

Gion Kouta Ehigasa (1930)

Gion Kouta Ehigasa poster
Directed by
Banshō Kanamori
Genre
silent film
Country
Japan
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A silent three-part film from 1930s Japan following different stories set in the Gion district. Only fragments of one part survive today, making the full experience lost.

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What happens

『祇園小唄絵日傘』(ぎおんこうたえひがさ)は、1930年(昭和5年)製作・公開、金森万象監督による日本のサイレント映画の3部作である。マキノ・プロダクションが製作した。 『祇園小唄絵日傘 第一話 舞の袖』 『祇園小唄絵日傘 第二話 狸大尽』 『祇園小唄絵日傘 第三話 草枕』 という、5巻-7巻ものの中篇3作であるが、2009年(平成21年)現在、プリントが散逸しており、『第二話 狸大尽』は数分間分の断片のみが現存し、『第三話 草枕』は発見されていない。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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