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...Great Pictures), which produced both Rashomon and Ugetsu, will release (through Sam Goldwyn) its latest sword swinger: Jigokumon (Hell's Gate), which won the Grand Prix at Cannes this year and stars Machiko Kyo, the leading lady of Rashomon and Ugetsu, and Japan's favorite male actor, Kazuo Hasegawa...
Into the Volcano. The show was originated and is written by Kazuo Kikuta, 46, whose own life reads like a soap opera. Born in Formosa, he was taken from his parents (described in the newspapers as "ogres") at the age of three, because they kept him trussed up like a ham and suspended from a beam in the living room. By the time he was twelve, Kikuta had gone through six foster fathers; the last one sold him to an Osaka pharmacist for $50. Escaping, Kikuta finally made his way to Tokyo, landed a job as assistant scriptwriter...
Portent of the future: in the lower house of the Japanese Diet last week, Kazuo Nakai, a government supporter, moved a resolution urging the government to "take appropriate steps to expedite Japan-China trade through relaxation of export bans." In a standing vote, all members present rose quickly to their feet in approval...
...Tokyo the neighbors used to step aside to avoid his arrogant, abusive snarls and vicious manner, but none dared criticize Fifty Bells; he was a soldier trained to fight for the Emperor. "He is the finest shepherd dog in Japan," said Kazuo Akai, Fifty Bells's devoted master. But despite the boast and despite his own arrogant strutting, Fifty Bells never got a chance to show his mettle...
...East Asiatic Affairs. This will give the Co-Prosperity Sphere a management of its own, apart from the Foreign Office. The new Ministry may also be intended to help free Japan's military masters from the nuisance of Foreign Office bureaucrats. First head of the new Ministry is Kazuo Aoki, 53, longtime Finance Ministry official, who has recently risen fast as an aggressive-minded favorite of the Kwantung Army clique...