Title: Tokyo 1958
Country: Japan
Year: 1958
Genre: Short, Documentary, Experimental
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Collaborators: Susumu Hani, Yoshiro Kawazu, Kyushiro Kusakabe, Sadamu Maruo, Zenzo Matsuyama, Kanzaburo Mushanokoji, Masahiro Ogi and Ryuichiro Sakisaka
Cast: people of Tokyo
Audio: Japanese, English and French
Subtitles: English str (for the Japanese and French parts)
Note: The man in the first scene is the young Donald Richie, one of the firsts (if not the first) north american writer dedicated to japanese cinema.
Plot:
Eight filmmakers collaborate with Teshigahara to bring a newsreel-style snapshot of Tokyo in 1957-58, when it had eight and a half million people and was the largest city in the world. The industry of the people is evident, with Katsushika Hokusai's woodcuts interspersed with shots of contemporary workers. We watch women give a makeup demonstration, we visit bridal stores, and we see a young woman win a rock and roll singing contest and follow her home with her prizes; we go to the Ginza on Christmas Eve, with bars and nightclubs full tilt, and we join the throng at the Meiji shrine on New Year's Day. Some surreal touches add comedy to underscore Tokyo's energy and life.
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