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ターチャンの海底旅行 (パテベビー版) [Ta-chan’s Underwater Adventure (Pathe-Baby, silent version)]

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ターチャンの海底旅行 (パテベビー版) [Ta-chan's Underwater Adventure (Pathe-Baby, silent version)]

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Alternate Titles: Ta-chan’s Underwater Adventure[Pathe-Baby, silent version]

Language: Japanese

Original Production Country: Japan

Original Release Year: 1935

Original Elements Held By: Kobe Planet Film Archive (9.5mm)

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Production Company: Masaoka Eiga Bijutsu Kenkyu-jo

Executive Producer: 

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Director: Kenzo Masaoka

Writer: Jiro Hitachi

Cinematography: Seiichi Harada

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

Colour System: B/W

Duration: 8 mins (24fps)

Restoration Details

Status: Released

Country Where Restored: Japan

Country Restoration First Screened: Japan

Lab Image Restored By: IMAGICA West

Lab Audio Restored By: 

Archive Partner(s) in Restoration: Kobe Planet Film Archive

Restored Elements Held By: Kobe Planet Film Archive

Restoration Funded By: The 5th Restoration and Preservation Workshop

Restoration Premiere: The 3rd Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions, “Re-collection: ‘Restored Films’ from the Planet Film Archive”/Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, 21 February 2011

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Screening Rights Held By: Kobe Planet Film Archive

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Animation

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霧隠才蔵 (パテベビー版) [Saizo Kirigakure (Pathe-Baby version)]

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霧隠才蔵 (パテベビー版) [Saizo Kirigakure (Pathe-Baby version)]

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As the 4th instalment of “Adopt a Film” project by Film Preservation Society, this film was discovered by Raiko Sakamoto, a popular benshi (silent film narrator) in Tokyo, on an internet auction site. The tentative title (hand written on the Pathe-Baby’s bobbin) “Saizo Kirigakure” is a famous ninja character and many trick films were made featuring this character in both the silent and talkie eras.

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Alternate Titles: Saizo Kirigakure [Pathe-Baby version]

Language: Japanese

Original Production Country: Japan

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Original Elements Held By: Raiko Sakamoto (9.5mm)

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

Colour System: B/W

Duration: 3 mins

Restoration Details

Status: Released

Country Where Restored: Japan

Country Restoration First Screened: South Korea

Lab Image Restored By: Tokyo Ko-on, IMAGICA West

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Archive Partner(s) in Restoration: 

Restored Elements Held By: Museum of Kyoto (a 35mm dupe negative), Chungmuro International Film Festival in Seoul (a 35mm print)

Restoration Funded By: Chungmuro International Film Festival in Seoul

Restoration Premiere: The 1st Chungmuro International Film Festival in Seoul, 30 October 2007

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BD/DVD Release: DVD with English subtitles is available from Film Preservation Society.

Genre

Samurai Fiction

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黒手組助六 (マーヴェルグラフ) [Kurotegumi Sukeroku (Marvel Graph)]

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黒手組助六 (マーヴェルグラフ) [Kurotegumi Sukeroku (Marvel Graph)]

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Shinzaemon has been Sukeroku’s enemy ever since Sukeroku fought and defeated gangs from Shinzaemon’s group at a Kabuki theatre over Agemaki from Miuraya. Sukeroku swears that he will never draw his sword until he finds his family’s treasured blade, Tomokirimaru, so he gets insulted often by Shinzaemon’s men. Bunzaemon redeems Agemaki for Sukeroku ahead of Shinzaemon, but Sukeroku, ever the gentleman, does not accept. When Shinzaemon snatches Agemaki, it is found that he has Tomokirimaru. Sukeroku overcomes Shinzaemon in a once-in-a-lifetime fight, and saves Agemaki.

The legendary Japanese film star Kazuo Hasegawa plays the leading role in this story as Sukeroku, a well-known hero in Kabuki. The film was released in 1929, the third year after Hasegawa’s debut under his early screen name Chojiro Hayashi. This is quite a valuable discovery because most of Hasegawa’s films with Shochiku have been lost. The young Hasegawa’s brilliant charisma is fully captured by the camerawork of Kohei Sugiyama, who is also known for his work with such directors as Teinosuke Kinugasa and Kenji Mizoguchi.

This is a condensed version on 16mm (314m out of the original 996m), sold under the “Marvel Graph” label. “Marvel Graph” was a brand name for the 16mm digest film series of Jujiya Gakkiten, a musical instrument company in Tokyo, which was licensed by major production companies like Shochiku and Makino to produce digest versions of their feature films. This Marvel Graph version survived the war, and was kept in good condition by a family along with their home movies. This is the 5th “Adopt a Film” project started in 2007 and finished in January 2009, with the kind assistance of actress Kiyo Hasegawa, the daughter of the film’s star.

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Alternate Titles: Kurotegumi Sukeroku [Marvel Graph]

Language: Japanese

Original Production Country: Japan

Original Release Year: 1929

Original Elements Held By: Private Ownership (digest version on 16mm for home use)

Original Distribution Company: Shochiku Kinema

Production Company: Shochiku Kinema, Shimokamo Studio

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Director: Taizo Fuyushima

Writer: Kosen Maeda

Cinematography: Kohei Sugiyama

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Other Credits: Cast: Chojiro Hayashi (later Kazuo Hasegawa)

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Colour System: B/W

Duration: 16 mins (fps16)

Restoration Details

Status: Released

Country Where Restored: Japan

Country Restoration First Screened: 

Lab Image Restored By: IMAGICA WEST

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Archive Partner(s) in Restoration: 

Restored Elements Held By: Museum of Kyoto

Restoration Funded By: Kiyo Hasegawa

Restoration Premiere: The 4th Film Restoration and Preservation Workshop/Museum of Kyoto, 30 August 2009; Shown at the Pordenone Silent Film Festival in 2009

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BD/DVD Release: DVD with English subtitles is available from Film Preservation Society.

Genre

Samurai Fiction

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海浜の女王 (松竹グラフ) [Queen on the Shore (Shochiku Graph)]

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海浜の女王 (松竹グラフ) [Queen on the Shore (Shochiku Graph)]

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This film was shot in Kamakura, the old capital of Japan, and features sporty movie star Denmei Suzuki disguised as a woman and driving far too fast on his motorcycle. Director Kiyohiko Ushihara created a lot of modern looking silent films together with Suzuki. After the closure of the lab section of Ikueisha, Inc., the legendary film technician Choichi Imada was given free lab and film stock use by the Nihon University College of Art for this restoration, which was the second instalment of “Adopt a Film” project by Film Preservation Society.

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Alternate Titles: Queen on the Shore [Shochiku Graph]

Language: Japanese

Original Production Country: Japan

Original Release Year: 1927

Original Elements Held By: Private ownership (digest version on 16mm for home use)

Original Distribution Company: Shochiku Kinema

Production Company: Shochiku Kinema, Kamata Studio

Executive Producer: 

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Director: Kiyohiko Ushihara

Writer: Masashi Kobayashi

Cinematography: Bunjiro Mizutani

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Other Credits: Original story by Akiyoshi Tsuku, Cast: Denmei Suzuki, Yoshie Kashiwa

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

Colour System: B/W

Duration: 15 mins

Restoration Details

Status: Released

Country Where Restored: Japan

Country Restoration First Screened: Japan

Lab Image Restored By: Nihon University College of Art

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Archive Partner(s) in Restoration: 

Restored Elements Held By: Nihon University College of Art (a 35mm print for preservation), Kamakura Arts Foundation (a 35mm projection print), National Film Archive of Japan (a dupe negative on 35mm)

Restoration Funded By: Kamakura Arts Foundation

Restoration Premiere: The 5th Kyoto Film Festival, 25 October 2006; Shown at Pordenone in 2010 with live piano performance by Mie Yanashita

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BD/DVD Release: DVD with English subtitles is available from Film Preservation Society.

Genre

Action

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Tag-ulan sa Tag-araw

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Language: Filipino

Original Production Country: Philippines

Original Release Year: 1975

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Production Company: Archipelago Films

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Director: Celso Ad Castillo

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Restoration General Release Date: 2017

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Banaue

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Banaue

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Language: Filipino

Original Production Country: Philippines

Original Release Year: 1975

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Production Company: N.V. Productions

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Lab Image Restored By: Kantana, Thailand

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Restoration General Release Date: 2017

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Since 2012, Restoration Asia has been a showcase for the work of archives, technical service providers and distributors in their efforts to preserve the audio-visual heritage of Asia.

Restoration Asia is coordinated by OWL Studio, and is designed for archivists, scholars, students and professionals as well as those with a shared passion for the preservation and restoration of Asian Cinema & Asia’s cinematographic history.

レストレーションアジアは、アジア内外のアーカイブ、技術サービスプロバイダー、そして配給業者の仕事を紹介すると共に、アジアの映像遺産を保存する取り組みに焦点を当てます。

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