"POST-QUAKE TOKYO" "The Great Kanto Earthquake on Sept. 1, 1923... changed Japan's modern history." "Old traditional culture largely gave way to... rapidly growing modern pop culture." "Comic strips became popular." "Subliterature replaced kodan books." "Writers K. Shirai, S. Hasegawa, J. Osaragi," "E. Yoshikawa gained fame." "Radio broadcasts began." "GOKETSU JIRAIYA (1921)" "GOKETSU JIRAIYA (1921) Kodan -style films known as "kyugeki"..." "Kodan -style films known as "kyugeki"..." "MATSUNOSUKE ONOE Kodan -style films known as "kyugeki"..." "Kodan -style films known as "kyugeki"... newly revived as "jidaigeki" with a new style." "The prime star of kyugeki... since the end of Meiji... was Matsunosuke Onoe, loved by kids... as "Eyeballs Matsu."" "A hero, gallant, gangster... ninja were his typical roles." "STATUE OF MATSUNOSUKE ONOE" "Kabuki-style fight scenes were..." "TSUKIGATA HANPEITA (1925) Outdone by hard-hitting ones... created by Shojiro Sawada." "SHOJIRO SAWADA created by Shojiro Sawada." "Created by Shojiro Sawada." "In US films, acrobatic fights by..." "Douglas Fairbanks in action films..." "DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS Douglas Fairbanks in action films..." "DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS" "DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS thrilled the Japanese fans." "Thrilled the Japanese fans." "KIMURA NAGATONOKAMI (1928)" "Jidaigeki brought about..." "KAGEBOSHI (1925) Many new film stars." "RYUNOSUKE TSUKIGATA" "It was time for new stars with spirits of..." "KOSUZUME TOGE It was time for new stars with spirits of..." "KOSUZUME TOGE" "KOSUZUME TOGE the changing world." "The changing world." "HATAYA ICHIKAWA the changing world." "HATAYA ICHIKAWA" "Prime actor of this time," "SHINPEl TAKAGI Prime actor of this time," "SHINPEl TAKAGI" "SHINPEl TAKAGI a new face from Makino Film:" "A new face from Makino Film:" "TSUMASABURO BANDO a new face from Makino Film:" "Tsumasaburo Bando, known as "Bantsuma."" "BANTSUMA:" "BANDO TSUMASABURO NO SHOGAI (BANTSUMA:" "THE LIFE OF TSUMASABURO BANDO)" "PRODUCED BY MATsUDA FILM productions IN 1980" "FEATURING:" "TAKAHIRO TAMURA DAISUKE ITO HIROSHI INAGAKI" "SHIZUKO MORI UTAKO TAMAKI RYU KUZE NARRATORS:" "SHUNSUI MATSUDA MIDORI SAWATO" "PRODUCER/DIRECTOR:" "SHUNSUI MATSUDA" "PLANNING/INTERVIEWER:" "TADAO SATO" "ENGLISH SUBTITLES:" "CHIEKO NAKAI" "PRODUCTION:" "MATSUDA FILM PRODUCTIONS" "What was Mr. Tsumasaburo Bando's... real name?" "1st SON:" "TAKAHIRO TAMURA real name?" "1st SON:" "TAKAHIRO TAMURA 1st SON:" "TAKAHIRO TAMURA It was..." "It was..." "Denkichi Tamura." "I'm told that he was born on Dec. 13, 1901... in Kodenma-cho, Nihombashi..." "DENKICHI TAMURA (DEC. 13, 1901) In Kodenma-cho, Nihombashi... of Tokyo." "My father's father..." "OLDER SISTER:" "KIMI My father's father..." "OLDER SISTER:" "KIMI" "OLDER SISTER:" "KIMI was named Chogoro." "Was named Chogoro." "He was a cotton wholesaler." "RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR He was a cotton wholesaler." "He was a cotton wholesaler." "He lived till 71 yrs." "Old, and I..." "I remember that my grandfather... took care of me more than my father." "But with the rest, my father did not have... much luck with." "They all passed away... when he was young." "MONUMENT FOR THE FAITHFULS" "Jisshi Elem." "School Denkichi attended... stands next to Jisshi Park," "FORMER SITE OF DENMA-CHO PRISON" "FORMER SITE OF DENMA-CHO PRISON former site of a prison." "JISSHI PARK" "JISSHI PARK In elem." "School," "In elem." "School, he was the boss of the kids." "PLACE SHOIN YOSHIDA WAS EXECUTED he was the boss of the kids." "PLACE SHOIN YOSHIDA WAS EXECUTED" "PLACE SHOIN YOSHIDA WAS EXECUTED Often teased girls across the hall." "Often teased girls across the hall." "A passage written after he gained fame:" ""A good student in elem." "School,"" ""he took part in school plays..."" ""as a narrator and more."" ""One day, he went blank on stage."" ""He stood dumbstruck."" ""People gave weird looks."" ""Teachers nagged at him."" ""With his face red, he ran off stage."" ""This must have embarrassed him so much."" ""Went straight home and..."" ""stayed in a room weeping for 10 days."" ""He did a lot of thinking."" ""'I made a fool of myself."'" ""'To regain my dignity,"'" ""'I must become a person admired by many."'" ""He aspires to become a..."" ""politician or military officer."" "KODENMA-CHO, NIHOMBASHI, TOKYO" "KODENMA-CHO, NIHOMBASHI, TOKYO But his older brother and sister..." "But his older brother and sister... and mother pass away." "His father's business goes bankrupt." "He faces a rough time." "He cannot get higher education." "WITH NIZAEMON KATAOKA AND HIS SON" "WITH NIZAEMON KATAOKA AND HIS SON Works as an apprentice, but didn't..." "Works as an apprentice, but didn't... last long anywhere." "When he was 15, becomes a kabuki actor's pupil." "RICE RIOT (1919) Becomes a kabuki actor's pupil." "Becomes a kabuki actor's pupil." "However, as kabuki valued lineage, to gain fame was difficult." "He soon shifts to small theaters." "After taking on small roles at Kokkatsu, in 1922, together with Kichimatsu Nakamura, he forms "Bando Tsumasaburo Troupe,"but... disbands it in no time." "Then in 1923," "Tsumasaburo and Kichimatsu... get scouted into the film industry by Makino Film." "Kichimatsu often played the villain." "Kichimatsu often played the villain." "Utility actor for a while, Tsumasaburo..." "SHOZO MAKINO Utility actor for a while, Tsumasaburo..." "SHOZO MAKINO" "SHOZO MAKINO becomes best friends with Rokuhei Susukita, becomes best friends with Rokuhei Susukita," "ROKUHEl SUSUKITA becomes best friends with Rokuhei Susukita, becomes best friends with Rokuhei Susukita," "BANTSUMA AT MAKINO" "BANTSUMA AT MAKINO who brought into jidaigeki... who brought into jidaigeki..." "American-style complex story," "GYAKURYU (1924) American-style complex story," "GYAKURYU (1924)" "GYAKURYU (1924) High-paced action and rebellious nihilism." "High-paced action and rebellious nihilism." "SCREENPLAY:" "R. SUSUKITA DIRECTOR:" "B. FUTAGAWA high-paced action and rebellious nihilism." "SCREENPLAY:" "R. SUSUKITA DIRECTOR:" "B. FUTAGAWA" "Seeing Tsumasaburo as the actor... who can act out his characters," "Rokuhei has him debut with his film." "TOMOKO MAKINO Rokuhei has him debut with his film." "Rokuhei has him debut with his film." "Oldest work by Tsumasaburo that remains today." "He's a poor, low-rank, naive samurai whose... life is wrecked by the chief retainer's son." "Mother dies kicked by a horse." "Older sister raped, kills herself." "Even his secret love marries that villain." "In despair, he becomes a ronin... and leads a destructive life." "The two then meet again..." ""HIGHLIGHTS OF SILENT JIDAIGEKl"" "Then jr." "High student fan wrote:" ""Sadistically tormenting the lead role,"" ""leading to a tremendous fight..."" ""Hats off to Rokuhei and Buntaro."" ""Stooping with sword in hands,"" ""the sorrowful mood..."" ""Bantsuma created was the best yet I've seen."" ""After watching Gyakuryu,"" ""well past midnight,"" ""walking with hands in pockets..."" ""I thought the film was on socialism."" ""I saw socialism in Gyakuryu as..."" ""socialism was considered rebellious,"" ""thus highly dangerous."" ""Yet I was also told it was for the oppressed."" ""Given this, I spot such ideology in Rokuhei's works."" "BUNTARO FUTAGAWA" "KAGEBOSHI" "SCREENPLAY:" "R. SUSUKITA DIRECTOR:" "B. FUTAGAWA" "The bell of Ueno or Asakusa?" "Sensoji Temple in Asakusa, Edo here." "Omie, daughter of Mizaemon Hamura." "She is known for her tomboy nature." "Guys after her golden hairpin:" "Senta the Crow and Juta the Shooting Star." "They are unique thieves." "And here comes another..." ""Hold it there." "I am taking that hairpin."" "Arrests criminals without mercy... while himself neck-deep in crime, Kizo is... high-handed, arrogant, merciless and coldhearted." "Strolling in the city of Edo is a... jovial thief, Kageboshi." "While a criminal, he had sarcasm, wit, elegance and briskness in his style." "Here told is the most dramatic time in the life of an unusual thief, Kageboshi." "A hardcore fan at the time wrote:" ""I was a 2nd grader..."" ""with inferiority complex, cynical and gloomy."" ""Then appeared Tsumasaburo."" ""The look on his face as he slays people..."" ""pumped the otherwise dead blood in me."" ""It wasn't only me."" ""UNDERFLOW OF POPULAR ARTS" KENICHI ADACHI "It wasn't only me."" ""UNDERFLOW OF POPULAR ARTS" KENICHI ADACHI" ""UNDERFLOW OF POPULAR ARTS" KENICHI ADACHI He also told us how strong..." "He also told us how strong... yet kind to the oppressed Tsumasaburo was." "Hideko Suzuki's fan letter read:" ""With a healthy body and mind,"" ""he's able to act so weak and sad."" ""Tsumasaburo must have gone through a lot."" ""Tsumasaburo!"" ""The sisters' lonely hearts with their mother long gone are warmed by you."" "New face Tsumasaburo rose to stardom." "OROCHI (1925) New face Tsumasaburo rose to stardom." "OROCHI (1925)" "SCREENPLAY:" "R. SUSUKITA DIRECTOR:" "B. FUTAGAWA" "SHIZUKO MORI Summer of 1925, at the height of his career," "Summer of 1925, at the height of his career," "Tsumasaburo makes his own agency." "Orochi is their second work." "SHIZUKO MORI" "SHIZUKO MORI How was Bantsuma with the directors?" "How was Bantsuma with the directors?" "Given that it was his agency, he had the most..." "He pretty much had all the rights." "The directors didn't have much..." "Well, he left the... overall picture to them, but... specific scenes and details, he went over with the directors." "We hear he used to say, "Close-up now!"" "This is true?" "It's true." "He just shouts, "Close-up!"" "The director rushes over." "He was a very eager actor?" "Very enthusiastic." "Especially swordfight scenes." "We watched in amazement." "The coach shows him once." "He watches closely." "Then walks over and... does a quick practice." "Then the real thing." "On the 3rd try." "We were just amazed." "No mistakes?" "None." "He's smart, for sure." ""Heizaburo broke jail!" "Alarm bells!"" ""Hold up!"" ""Ajail break?" "!"" ""That nasty dog!"" "Flaming with anger, Heizaburo strikes his blade of retribution." ""Stay away!" "If not, I'll slay you!"" "Alarm bells madly struck, voices yelling." ""Jail breaker!" "A goon!"" ""A worm!" "A scorpion!"" ""A snake!" "A serpent!"" "Fear and curse in the air, voices yelling left and right." "One swing of the white blade, blood sprays into the air." "Swords, batons, rakes, sticks..." "Ropes tangle, ladders fall..." "Door boards, wheel cars..." "Roof tiles come flying." "Slay and run, run and slay." "Drop, jump up, drop again." "Revolting serpent suffers in pain." "Not all who wear the name of villain are truly evil." "Not all who are respected as noble are worthy of the name." "Many are who wear a false mask of benevolence to hide their... treachery and the wickedness of themselves." "Where lies benevolence and treachery in our world?" "This was way later..." "We opened a cabinet we've never seen before." "It was full of books." "It's a bit fuzzy, but... they were the kind... known as the "red"communist books and the likes." "Most of them." "Japan was changing during my father's time." "He was sensitive and affected by such trend." "That was his nature, frame of mind." "I sense that in his old films." "Like in swordfights, he is not aggressive." "He fights because he's forced to..." "Because people come at him..." "A lot of the times he fights reluctantly." "And they are very sad." "I feel his fight scenes are rather heart crushing." "Such fight scenes and acting of that time... coming from my father shows that... ideologies and social situation... had a rather great impact on him, I think..." "When Bantsuma was playing a villain," "Utako Tamaki was a big star." "They later co-star in Makino films." "UTAKO TAMAKI They later co-star in Makino films." "They later co-star in Makino films." "He left Kichimatsu's place, got a place for his girl." "So I went to talk to him." "Serious talk." "He was surprised seeing me." "I asked him not to bring... his girl while working with me." "He's free after that." "I didn't want people flirting, making jokes between scenes." "Bad practice." "Told him to tell... his girl he's all hers after filming." "But until then, since I take my job seriously, I wanted the same from him." "UTAKO TAMAKI since I take my job seriously, I wanted the same from him." "UTAKO TAMAKI" "UTAKO TAMAKI He wanted 2-3 days to think." "He wanted 2-3 days to think." "Then on the third day, he came to my place and said," ""I'll do as you say."" "We became friends then." "Tell them or old stars won't take you seriously." "Just talk about girls." "What's most memorable?" "The young and pure feeling we shared..." "The film we bonded in was Kirarazaka." "It felt so good I was ready to die." ""SOMEONE HEEEELP!" It felt so good I was ready to die." ""SOMEONE HEEEELP!"" ""SOMEONE HEEEELP!" You want to die together when it's good." "You want to die together when it's good." ""One sight of you in Orochi..."" ""and I too became your admirer."" ""JAPANESE FILM ALMANAC FY1925-1926" "and I too became your admirer."" ""And I too became your admirer."" "RANTO NO CHIMATA" "RANTO NO CHIMATA "The passion and energy you devote into acting stunned me."" ""The passion and energy you devote into acting stunned me."" ""I unconsciously clasped my hands."" ""Tears I usually hold back ran down my cheeks."" ""It isn't too much to say swordfight was finally..."" ""portrayed cinematically by Tsumasaburo."" ""Now is the vital time to..."" ""establish jidaigeki in its true form."" ""Swordfights shan't be everything."" ""Nor violence."" ""I ask you to put your 'soul' in your works."" "SWORDPLAY COACH:" "RYU KUZE Fighting styles are set in kabuki." "Fighting styles are set in kabuki." "Such as... yamagata and yanagi..." "Chijihataki is... a style where actors hit the ground... with their swords." "But they changed... ever since Shinpei Takagi and Bantsuma's time." "So Bantsuma's style of fighting..." "He had his own style." "Many were like him." "Many of them, yet his was unique." "How did the fighting styles change?" "Bantsuma's uniqueness was that..." "People usually slay those in front facing them." "But in his case, when he goes to slay a person, he doesn't face the target." "He looks away." "He looks at his next target." "Never wastes time." "He then ducks away the swords and... kills his next target." "As he walks, when he gets ready, his ankles line up." "Stands straight with ankles lined up." "When he's ready to kill, he takes a big stride... and slays his target." "Standing straight with ankles lined up shows... he's in position to kill." "In 1925, Bantsuma starts up an agency." "In 1926, builds a studio outside Kyoto." "Toei Kyoto Studio stands on Bantsuma Productions'old site." "TOEl KYOTO STUDIO" "Nikkatsu and Teikine too later move in." "DENJIRO OKOCHI Nikkatsu and Teikine too later move in." "DENJIRO OKOCHI" "DENJIRO OKOCHI Uzumasa became "Japan's Hollywood."" "NAOE FUSHIMI" "TAKAKO IRIE" "DAIEl FILMS KYOTO STUDIO" "KYOTO FILM STUDIO SHOCHIKU STUDIO" "What is your best work with Bantsuma?" "Well..." "Sunae Shibari was indeed a good one." "It's famous that Bantsuma spent money like water." "Did he?" "Yes indeed." "All the time." "GION Yes indeed." "All the time." "Yes indeed." "All the time." "He practically "lived" in Gion." "Even when filming?" "Well, after filming." "He sometimes went in between." "But he won't go alone." "He kindly took us and others with him." "It was fun." "How many of you?" "About 5-6 people all the time." "A lot of geisha?" "Yes, 10-20 of them and we partied." "But we went home before him once it got late." "It was a lot of fun then." "He got married, and the next day he's already back on the set." "Not a word about his wife." "And yet he continued visiting..." "Gion after he got married." "I felt sorry for his wife." "COLLABORATION OF BANTSUMA, TACHIBANA AND UNIVERSAL" "COLLABORATION OF BANTSUMA, TACHIBANA AND UNIVERSAL The year Bantsuma built a studio," "Ryosuke Tachibana, agency manager, launches a project to distribute both..." "US and Japanese films under a joint company." "RYOSUKE TACHIBANA US and Japanese films under a joint company." "US and Japanese films under a joint company." "Mechanics and new gears from the US... flow into and innovate Japanese cinema." "But this agency failed in 6 months." "Ryosuke was a rightist society member." "Bantsuma's agency had some leftists." "Rightists, leftists, gangsters, artists..." "They all worked on films together." "SAKAMOTO RYOMA (1928)" "DIRECTOR:" "Y. EDAMASA" "Soon new super stars... followed in Bantsuma's footsteps." "Jidaigeki reached its golden era in the early 30s." "King of swordfight now became the hunted." "SHINPAN OOKA SEIDAN (1928)" "DIRECTOR:" "D. ITO" "DENJIRO OKOCHI AS SAZEN TANGE" "KURAMA TENGU (1928)" "DIRECTOR:" "T. YAMAGUCHI" "KANJURO ARASHI" "HATAMOTO TAIKUTSU OTOKO (1930)" "DIRECTOR:" "T. FURUMI" "UTAEMON ICHIKAWA" "KYOKAKU HARUSAME-GASA (1933)" "DIRECTOR:" "T. FUYUSHIMA" "KAZUO HASEGAWA AS CHOJIRO HAYASHI" "KOKUSHI MUSO (1932)" "DIRECTOR:" "M. ITAMI" "CHIEZO KATAOKA" "MINORU TAKASE (UNCLE HEY)" "YATSU AMUSEMENT PARK, CHIBA PREF." "YATSU AMUSEMENT PARK, CHIBA PREF." "From 1931 to 1935, Bantsuma..." "From 1931 to 1935, Bantsuma... made Bantsuma Prod." "Films in... his studio in Yatsu in Chiba Pref." "Bantsuma's agency..." "I don't know how their... business was going then." "If we don't, that means... it probably wasn't doing well." "It was so to say an "one-man"agency." "It was a time where the directors... tried to do as Bantsuma pleased." "DIRECTOR HIROSHI INAGAKI tried to do as Bantsuma pleased." "Bantsuma's acting style gradually... got old." "And so his films... didn't do so well." "NllNO TSURUCHIYO (1935)" "NllNO TSURUCHIYO (1935) In 1935, with renowned Daisuke Ito," "In 1935, with renowned Daisuke Ito," "DIRECTOR:" "D. ITO In 1935, with renowned Daisuke Ito," "In 1935, with renowned Daisuke Ito," "Bantsuma made his first talkie film," "Niino Tsuruchiyo, a dignified film." "But his weak, high-pitched voice was unpopular in talkies." "Switch to talkies endangered many stars' careers." "WITH DIRECTOR DAISUKE ITO Switch to talkies endangered many stars' careers." "Switch to talkies endangered many stars' careers." "In 1936, Bantsuma... closed his 10-year old agency." "In 1937, he joins Nikkatsu." "The same year," "Japan started invading China." "Seika Shiba from Bantsuma Prod..." ""Genius"Sadao Yamanaka from Kanjuro Prod..." "DIRECTOR SEIKA SHIBA "Genius"Sadao Yamanaka from Kanjuro Prod..." "DIRECTOR SEIKA SHIBA" "DIRECTOR SEIKA SHIBA They were both sent to fight in China." "They were both sent to fight in China." "DIRECTOR SADAO YAMANAKA" "DIRECTOR SADAO YAMANAKA Yamanaka died in service in 1938." "Yamanaka died in service in 1938." "CHUSHINGURA (1938)" "CO-DIRECTORS:" "M. MAKINO T. IKEDA" "In 1938, Bantsuma played Kuranosuke Oishi... in Nikkatsu's all-star film." "Oishi's on his way to Azuma." "Real Sakon Tachibana who Oishi uses as cover appears." "CHIEZO KATAOKA AS SAKON TACHIBANA" "BANTSUMA AS KURANOSUKE OISHI" ""Pleased to meet you."" ""May I have your name?"" ""I serve the Kujo Family."" ""Sakon Tachibana."" ""And you?"" ""I serve the Kujo Family."" ""Sakon Tachibana."" ""Shut up!" "Imposter!"" ""I am him."" ""The one and only Sakon Tachibana!"" ""You must have..."" ""a bad intent."" ""Using my name." "Imposter!"" ""Shut up!"" ""Claiming to serve the Kujo Family."" ""What a daring act!"" ""I am the real Sakon Tachibana."" ""Don't lie to me!"" ""Amazing." "One foxy trickster you are."" ""Unforgivable sin!"" ""Give me your real name!"" ""I'm the real Sakon!"" ""No!" "I'm the one and only!"" ""Let me then ask you."" ""On Kujo Family's secret mission, which route..."" ""have you taken to Azuma?"" ""Leaving Kyoto,"" ""I took Tokaido east,"" ""passed through Osaka."" ""All in all, spent 45 days to..."" ""arrive here at Mishima."" ""And the route you took?"" ""I came on Nakasendo."" ""That proves you're an imposter!"" ""What makes you say so?" "!"" ""From Nakasendo to Edo, taking Shinshuji east,"" ""passing over Usui into Edo is normal!"" ""I had a reason to take right at Shinshu Suwa and..."" ""visit Koshu Nirazaki, Kajikasawa, Mt." "Minobu..."" ""then down on Tokaido."" ""That sounds logical enough."" ""In that case, present me a proof that you..."" ""serve the Kujo Family."" ""You think I don't have one?"" ""Traveler's ID issued by the honorable Kujo Family."" ""A fake ID."" ""A what?" "Fake!"" ""Show me yours."" ""It is an honor..."" ""that the Kujo Family bestowed me this traveler's ID."" ""Handle with respect."" "(Seal of the Asano Clan, Oishi's late master)" ""This indeed is the real ID."" ""You who carry this ID..."" ""must be the real Sir Sakon Tachibana."" ""I ask for your forgiveness."" ""I served the late master of the Asano Clan."" ""Yoshio Kuranosuke Oishi."" ""So you..." "You're Kuranosuke Oishi."" ""Sir Oishi... you are...?"" ""To Azuma with a fake ID..."" ""to pray for the soul of our late master."" ""I beg for your understanding."" ""Sir Oishi, I understand."" ""I will take Koshuji and over Sasago to Azuma."" ""Better not stay." "I'm going now."" ""My fake ID." "Burn it, please."" "Jigoku no Mushi was the first film..." "Bantsuma and I worked together on at Nikkatsu." "We were eager about this film." "But its content wasn't... a swordfight movie." "We decided to get the company's interest by shooting it quickly." "We negotiated with them to give us 2 weeks to finish it." "People were psyched." "We first used fake beards for the PR posters." "I was asked to wait for 4-5 days... so the actors can grow real beards and not wear fake ones." "That's how serious we were." "But because we got the company's approval by having a low budget, we shot the film around Kyoto, like..." "Mt." "Atago, Kiyotaki and nearby sites." "JIGOKU NO MUSHI (1938) Mt." "Atago, Kiyotaki and nearby sites." "JIGOKU NO MUSHI (1938)" "That was it." "DIRECTOR:" "H. INAGAKI That was it." "DIRECTOR:" "H. INAGAKI" "The film gave us a good surprise." "At the private screening, Bantsuma... got really excited and grabbed my hands... saying, "We made a masterpiece!"" "But the censors said... it was a real decadent film and... didn't contribute to the national interest at all." "TSUCHIYU HOT SPRINGS, FUKUSHIMA PREF." "Didn't contribute to the national interest at all." "Didn't contribute to the national interest at all." "And so it was suspended by the censors." "The company was desperate." "JIGOKU NO MUSHI (1979) LOCATION STAFF FOR FILM REMAKE The company was desperate." "JIGOKU NO MUSHI (1979) LOCATION STAFF FOR FILM REMAKE" "JIGOKU NO MUSHI (1979) LOCATION STAFF FOR FILM REMAKE They wanted it screened." "Told us to revise it." "They wanted it screened." "Told us to revise it." "When we weren't fully up to taking the company's proposal, Bantsuma... tapped my shoulder and said, "We did our best."" ""We saw a masterpiece ourselves."" ""That's enough."" ""People unable to see this..."" ""is not our responsibility." "It's out of our power."" "I was really touched by his words." "So we took the company's revision proposal." "As you know, Bantsuma had his... own style of speaking and dialogues." "Well, that's Bantsuma so you can't change that, but... if you don't change it," "it's hard for him to become the character in the films." "When we shot Edo Saigo no Hi," "I mimicked Kenji Susukida and showed him." "He liked it and tries, but..." "Bantsuma comes out." "So we tried Kanemon Nakamura." "At the time his dialogues were known as a "machinegun."" "It was that fast." "We did this kind of practice about 7-8 times." "Big fan of Bantsuma in Kageboshi, Kenichi Adachi... was sent to fight in China." "Shogun to Sanbo to Hei was made based on a battle he was in." "Not seen Bantsuma's film in a while, he wrote:" ""I was amazed."" ""My Bantsuma was a general, one with no words."" ""Chief and his men argue before him."" ""He sits there as if asleep,"" ""eyes half open or with a smirk."" ""He hits the floor with his sword." "A decision is made."" "SHOGUN TO SANBO TO hel (1942) "He hits the floor with his sword." "A decision is made."" "SHOGUN TO SANBO TO hel (1942)" "SHOGUN TO SANBO TO hel (1942) "On the map appears a line of soldiers."" ""On the map appears a line of soldiers."" "DIRECTOR:" "T. TAGUCHI "On the map appears a line of soldiers."" ""Soil dust." "Vast plain."" ""Weed-like trees."" ""Very heart crushing."" ""Soldiers seemed brave in close-up shots."" ""But not in the long-shots."" ""They seemed depressed."" ""This scene grabbed my heart."" ""I saw myself in that line with heavy baggage and a gun."" ""Bantsuma's general didn't settle well with me."" ""'That's no general!"'" ""But my anger was due to..."" ""he who played a sick ronin, a wandering gangster..."" ""or a dying samurai..."" ""suddenly appearing with a golden epaulet."" ""I saw him again during the war."" ""I liked this one:" "Muhomatsu no Issho."" "Made in 1943, it is about a poor rickshaw man." "MUHOMATSU NO ISSHO (1943) Made in 1943, it is about a poor rickshaw man." "MUHOMATSU NO ISSHO (1943)" "MUHOMATSU NO ISSHO (1943) Not a role commonly accepted by a big name star." "Not a role commonly accepted by a big name star." "KEIKO SONOI (DIES IN HIROSHIMA FROM A-BOMB)" "YASUSHI NAGATA" ""Sir, another cup."" ""Not yet!" "You're not done yet."" ""I will do it."" ""I will, but..."" ""with your wife here, it's hard for me."" ""So you don't like me." "I'll leave you two alone."" ""Toshio asleep?"" ""Yes, fast asleep."" ""I see."" ""Tomishima..." "Matsu boy."" ""Drink up!"" ""I don't know why, but I like you."" ""I drank a bit too much?"" ""It's chilly." "Close the windows."" ""They're closed."" ""I see."" ""Matsu boy, I'm lying down."" ""Oh, sure."" ""Dear, not feeling well?"" ""It's cold in here."" ""Feeling cold on such a warm night..."" ""Oh!" "You have a fever."" ""It can't be."" ""A thermometer."" ""It's from training in the rain."" ""Tell doctor high fever."" ""I'll drag him."" ""A block of ice, too."" ""Need a bucket?"" ""Nah, I'll use ropes."" ""See you."" ""Thank you."" ""This must be a dream."" ""A man like him dying so young, a scum like me still alive."" ""Mr. Matsugoro,"" ""please don't."" ""I'm not going to talk about the lost."" ""I'm going to live for..."" "HIROYUKI NAGATO "I'm going to live for..."" "HIROYUKI NAGATO" "HIROYUKI NAGATO "my boy."" "HIROYUKI NAGATO" ""My only boy."" ""Yes, indeed." "You must."" ""But he's not as strong as his father."" ""Physically or mentally."" ""Ma'am, he's only a boy."" ""He'll grow up fine." "Don't worry."" ""Really?"" ""I, a woman, can make him strong?"" ""Why of course!"" ""If I had more academic knowledge,"" ""I could be of some help, but..."" ""only a rickshaw man."" ""How shameful."" ""Don't be."" ""I beg you."" ""Please train him when you can."" ""I'll do anything I can, but..."" ""A big role, isn't this?"" "Muhomatsu had a lot of problem... in terms of who to cast as the lead role." "When I was offered Muhomatsu," "I had already set my heart to cast Bantsuma as the lead role." "So I rejected the company proposal and others." "All of them." "It had to be him." "But Bantsuma..." "It came down to... whether he would be interested or not." "First he turned down our offer." "I asked him again." "Then he asks, "Will you bet your life on this film?"" "As I've been hoping to do so, I said..." ""Yes I will!"" "He then grabbed my hand and said," ""If you will, I will too."" "We were prepared to... leave the film industry if the film failed." "I heard that Bantsuma's lifestyle changed after that." "Father usually stayed in his study." "Took meals there too." "Sitting straight, with Mother by his side." "Coming home one day, I saw... him munching on dried fish in the kitchen." "Think it's called a "one-cup sake"?" "Him drinking it and all struck me as strange." "He was working on his character." "I personally was very excited to hear this." "Muhomatsu was one of his best works." "Japan soon lost the war." "People were lost too." "US Army restricted jidaigeki as a hotbed of feudalism." "Jidaigeki stars formed troupes and went on tours." "Bantsuma did jidaigeki and contemporary films." "Perfected his skills by developing..." "KITSUNE NO KURETA AKANBO (1945) Perfected his skills by developing... a truly humanistic role in the lowest social ranks." "DIRECTOR:" "S. MARUNE a truly humanistic role in the lowest social ranks." "A truly humanistic role in the lowest social ranks." "OUSHOU (1948)" "DIRECTOR:" "D. ITO" ""Daddy!"" ""Come, quick!" "Look!" "A prize!"" ""A prize!" "A prize!"" ""Mommy!" "Daddy's back!"" "MASAO MISHIMA" ""Shin!" "Sorry I'm late."" ""It's so hot!"" ""Idiot!"" ""My best outfit!" "Get out of it!"" ""Oh, right!"" ""You kept it?"" ""Bought back with my shogi match winning."" ""Go apologize to Koharu!"" ""She's going to leave you!"" ""What?" "!"" "MITSUKO MITO" ""I'm sorry."" ""You see..." "I..." "Well..."" ""Uncle Shin...!"" ""Shin, my man."" ""Come here!"" ""What is it?"" ""Shin, now!"" ""What do you want?"" ""Look."" ""I'm so sleepy."" ""My move at Tenmangu." "Look!"" ""I'm impressed." "That's one complicated move."" ""Right, Shin?"" ""First it was like this."" ""These were here."" ""Shin, I then took..."" ""my Bishop here."" ""Yeah, I see." "And?"" ""Well, then..."" ""He moved his Pawn here."" ""That's a professional's move."" ""Of course!"" ""Rising shogi player, Master Sekine."" ""So Shin..."" ""Wait a second..."" ""So hungry my insides hurt."" ""Got some ramen noodles left."" ""I see." "And?"" ""Shin, listen."" ""I took his Silver General there."" ""He used his Gold General."" ""So I moved there."" ""Impressive!"" ""And that's it."" ""They say I lost!"" ""Lost?" "!" "You're still...?" "!"" ""Shin..."" ""I'm pissed!" "Listen carefully."" ""Why do you say I lose?"" ""Seem like a stalemate,"" ""but few more moves, and I'm certain I can win."" ""Yet why do you say I lose?" "Why?" "!"" ""I don't get it."" ""An amateur like you might not know."" ""It's called 'repetition of moves."'" ""If neither of you can move, the one who made the move loses."" ""It's the rule."" ""RULE?" "R-U-L-E?" "!" "Rule you say?"" "OSAMU TAKIZAWA" ""Rule... rule..."" ""Fine." "I see." "Sure, it's fine..."" ""But you're of the 7th rank."" ""I'm an amateur."" ""Master Sekine unable to move and..."" ""wins because of the r-rule..."" ""You can't be too proud of that!"" ""Fine." "I lose today."" ""But I'll become a professional starting today."" ""I demand a revenge match."" ""You better remember!"" ""Well said." "Well said indeed!"" ""Shin, I'll take life more seriously."" ""I won't slack off and work hard."" ""Won't make my wife and kids go hungry."" ""But devote myself to shogi too."" ""That loser Sekine!"" ""I'll show him!"" "DIRECTOR DAISUKE ITO" "DIRECTOR DAISUKE ITO Many people played Sankichi." "Many people played Sankichi." "What was so special about Bantsuma's performance?" "He was big." "As in scale?" "He was just big... as a person and in performance." "Had a wide range too." "Not only depth." "He was convinced that he's Sankichi." "That just shows, so was easy on my part." "He was full of spirit." "Didn't have to tell him... what to do for him to portray Sankichi better." "He was big." "Really big." "Some actors think they're all that." "Bantsuma wasn't too proud or too modest." "He was himself." "Only Bantsuma could pull that off." "Maybe Okochi too." "Easy to work with as a director." "But he needed to be happy with... his performance above anything to act." "Our family sometimes... went to Amanohashidate on the Japan Sea for a swim." "My father and brothers got all excited." "He's a good father to them I've never seen." "TAMURA FAMILY'S PRIVATE FILM He's a good father to them I've never seen." "TAMURA FAMILY'S PRIVATE FILM" "TAMURA FAMILY'S PRIVATE FILM I just stared at them from the side." "I just stared at them from the side." "I used to look at them enviously." "1st SON:" "TAKAHIRO I used to look at them enviously." "I used to look at them enviously." "With my brothers... 2nd SON:" "TOSHIMA With my brothers..." "With my brothers... he was very affectionate." "3rd SON:" "MASAKAZU he was very affectionate." "3rd SON:" "MASAKAZU 3rd SON:" "MASAKAZU Well-rounded, good father." "Well-rounded, good father." "He got more excited than my brothers." "He'd jump into the water, made weird poses and faces, like a kid." "When Takahiro took his jr." "High entrance exam..." "For both my parents and I, we'd never been... tested to get into a school or anything before." "So we were restless." "Father had a flea's heart for... matters like this." "No one went to see if I got into the school or not." "I was scared too." "So we were all home." "Our house was small." "Father was upstairs, and... we heard the floorboards creaking." "Probably he was like a bear at a zoo..." "WIFE:" "SHIZUKO Probably he was like a bear at a zoo..." "WIFE:" "SHIZUKO" "WIFE:" "SHIZUKO walking back and forth restlessly." "Walking back and forth restlessly." "But my teacher at the time had kindly gone to check the result and... came to our place to tell us." "My father came rolling down the stairs and... as if in jidaigeki, sat in front of my teacher, rubbed his forehead and hands on the floor and said," ""Thank you."" "When I got into jr." "High school," "I was to give a speech as a class representative." "My first time to speak before a crowd." "Father was delighted but worried too." "Our house stood behind a temple, so early in the morning... he'd take me into the foggy forest." "He'd disappear into the fog and shout," ""Begin!"" "I start reading my speech, but because my voice was weak... it doesn't reach him." "He yells, "Hurry up!"" "I am, but he can't hear me." "We did this a few days and... got to a decent level." "Day of my speech came." "The school is now called Yamashiro High School." "The school campus is surrounded with trifoliate orange trees." "My father stood outside." "I don't know how he felt, but..." "I'm told that he was watching with sweat running down his back." "What was young Bantsuma like?" "He was very attractive for sure." "Easygoing." "He took great care of us." "It's hard for me to say if he was good natured or not." "A very down-to-earth person." "He was friendly, but goofy at times." "In short, a good person." "YABURE-DAIKO (1949) In short, a good person." "YABURE-DAIKO (1949)" "YABURE-DAIKO (1949) Some people say that..." "Some people say that..." "DIRECTOR:" "K. KINOSHITA Some people say that..." "DIRECTOR:" "K. KINOSHITA" "DIRECTOR:" "K. KINOSHITA Bantsuma's true nature can be seen in..." "Bantsuma's true nature can be seen in..." "Director Kinoshita's Yabure-daiko." "The lead role Gunpei Tsuda is a... tyrannical man feared by his family." "Many thought Bantsuma must be like that in person too." "The total opposite." "He's quiet at home." "He thought a lot about us kids, our family." "Another film, his posthumous work," "ABARE-JISHI (1953) Another film, his posthumous work," "ABARE-JISHI (1953)" "DIRECTOR:" "T. OSONE" "DIRECTOR:" "T. OSONE Abare-jishi." "Abare-jishi." "He plays the father of Kaishu Katsu." "He does anything for his kid." "Where he won't be seen, him and his wife worry about their son." "I think my father was just like that character." "ISUZU YAMADA" ""May I?"" ""Yes?"" ""Please teach me."" ""You do not get married for the sake of others."" ""Work with Rintaro and flourish the Katsu family even more, please."" ""Bride next to the groom."" ""Side-by-side."" ""You silly." "You don't know who to bother."" ""Here, you dance too!"" "ON JULY 7, 1953 BANTSUMA..." "DIED OF CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE WHILE FILMING ABARE-JISHI." "HE WAS 51 YEARS OLD." "NISONIN, KYOTO" "In his last days, he lived in fear of hypertension." "But Bantsuma lives in the minds of his fans... with a tough body and a noble soul." "He was a true man." "THE END"