Wrestling Ring Festival (1944)

Original title

土俵祭

Directed by

Santarō Marune

Genre

history, action

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 20m

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A film about sumo wrestling and its rituals in wartime Japan. It focuses on the sport's cultural traditions and the characters involved in a tournament.

historicalearnestformalaustereslow-pacedtraditionalrestrainedpatriotic

What happens

『土俵祭』（どひょうまつり）は、1944年（昭和19年）3月30日公開の日本映画である。大映京都製作。監督は丸根賛太郎、鈴木彦次郎の原作を前年『姿三四郎』でデビューしたばかりの黒澤明が脚色、主演は片岡千恵蔵。モノクロ、スタンダード、82分（ただし現存しているのは78分の短縮版）。配給は紅系。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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