Tamizō_Ishida
Tamizō Ishida
Japanese film director
Tamizō Ishida (石田民三, Ishida Tamizō, 7 June 1901 – 1 October 1972) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.[1][2][3] He is most noted for his 1938 historical drama film Fallen Blossoms, which is now regarded as one of the outstanding works of 1930s Japanese cinema.[1][4]
Tamizō Ishida | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1901-06-07)7 June 1901 |
| Died | 1 October 1972(1972-10-01) (aged 71) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1926–1947 |
Ishida was born in Masuda (now Yokote), Akita Prefecture, Japan.[3][4] He gave his directing debut at Toa Kinema in 1926, specialising in chanbara (sword fight) films,[1][4] the majority of which are regarded as lost.[1] In the mid-1930s, Ishida made himself a name with literary adaptations, often in collaboration with the Bungakuza theatre troupe,[1] and films with female casts.[4] Nowadays, his films set in entertainment districts are regarded as his standout works,[4] most notably the 1938 Fallen Blossoms, a formally innovative film about the inhabitants of a Kyoto geisha house in the late Edo period.[1][4] Other notable films of the era include Yoru no hato (1937), Mukashi no uta and Hanatsumi nikki (both 1939), Keshōyuki (1940, based on a story by Mikio Naruse) and Asagiri gunka (1943).[1][4] After the end of World War II, Ishida directed only one more film before his early retirement from film business, instead running a teahouse with his wife in Kamishichiken, Kyoto.[4]
- 1927: Keyamura Rokusuke (毛谷村六助)
- 1927: Date hiroku: Matsumae Tetsunosuke (伊達秘録 松前鉄之助) partially extant film
- 1934: Osen (おせん) partially extant film
- 1937: Hanabi no machi (花火の街)
- 1937: Yoru no hato (夜の鳩)
- 1938: Fallen Blossoms (Hana chirinu)
- 1939: Mukashi no uta (むかしの歌)
- 1939: Hanatsumi nikki (花つみ日記)
- 1940: Keshōyuki (化粧雪)
- 1943: Asagiri gunka (あさぎり軍歌)
- 1947: En wa ina mono (縁は異なもの)
In 2022, the National Film Archive of Japan presented a small retrospective in commemoration of Ishida with seven of his films.[4] Fallen Blossoms was screened at the Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival in 2017[5] and included in the British Film Institute's The best Japanese film of every year – from 1925 to now list.[6]
- Jacoby, Alexander (2008). Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.
- "東宝の90年 モダンと革新の映画史（1）". National Film Archive of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- "Hana chirinu". Il Cinema Ritrovato. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- "The best Japanese film of every year – from 1925 to now". British Film Institute. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- Tamizō Ishida at IMDb
- Burch, Noël (1979). "Ishida Tamizo". To the Distant Observer: Form and Meaning in the Japanese Cinema. University of California Press. Retrieved 21 August 2023 – via Center of Japanese Studies Publications.