Teinosuke Kinugasa
Teinosuke Kinugasa | |
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Born | |
Died | 26 February 1982 Kyoto, Japan | (aged 86)
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation(s) | Film director, actor |
Teinosuke Kinugasa (衣笠 貞之助, Kinugasa Teinosuke, 1 January 1896 – 26 February 1982) was a Japanese filmmaker and actor.[1][2][3] His best-known films include the silent avant-garde films A Page of Madness and Crossroads and the Academy Award-winning historical drama Gate of Hell.[4][5]
Biography
Kinugasa was born in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture. He began his career as an onnagata (actor specializing in female roles) at the Nikkatsu studio. When Japanese cinema began using actresses in the early 1920s, he switched to directing and worked for producers such as Shozo Makino, before becoming independent to make his best-known film, A Page of Madness (1926). It was considered lost for 45 years until the director rediscovered it in his shed in 1971. A silent film, Kinugasa released it with a new print and score to world acclaim. He also directed the film Crossroads in 1928. He directed jidaigeki at the Shochiku studios, where he helped establish the career of Chōjirō Hayashi (later known as Kazuo Hasegawa). After the war, he helmed big-budget costume productions for Daiei studios.[2][1] Gate of Hell received the Palme d'or at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.[2][5]
On 26 February 1982, Kinugasa died in Kyoto at the age of 86.[1][2]
Selected filmography
- 1925: Tsukigata Hanpeita
- 1926: A Page of Madness
- 1927: Oni Azami
- 1928: Crossroads
- 1935: An Actor's Revenge a.k.a. The Revenge of Yukinojo
- 1946: Aru yo no Tonosama
- 1952: Dedication of the Great Buddha
- 1953: Gate of Hell
- 1955: The Romance of Yushima a.k.a. The White Sea of Yushima
- 1956: Shin Heike Monogatari [6]
- 1956: Tsukigata Hanpeita: Hana no maki; Arashi no maki
- 1957: A Fantastic Tale of Naruto
- 1957: A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
- 1957: Floating Vessel
- 1958: The Snowy Heron
- 1958: Symphony of Love
- 1963: Bronze Magician'
References
- ^ a b c "衣笠貞之助 (Teinosuke Kinugasa)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d "衣笠貞之助 (Teinosuke Kinugasa)". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "衣笠貞之助 (Teinosuke Kinugasa)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "The Best Japanese Film of Every Year – From 1925 to Now". British Film Institute. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ a b Jacoby, Alexander (2008). Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.
- ^ Kinugasa, Teinosuke (15 January 1956), Shin, Heike monogatari: Yoshinaka o meguru sannin no onna (Drama, Romance), Kazuo Hasegawa, Machiko Kyô, Fujiko Yamamoto, Daiei Kyoto, retrieved 27 March 2024
Further reading
- Gardner, William O. (Spring 2004). "New Perceptions: Kinugasa Teinosuke's Films and Japanese Modernism". Cinema Journal. 43 (3): 59–78. doi:10.1353/cj.2004.0017. S2CID 55444732.
- Gerow, Aaron (2008). A Page of Madness: Cinema and Modernity in 1920s Japan. Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan. ISBN 978-1-929280-51-3.
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