Word: shochiku
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Idiot, a Japanization of the Dostoevsky novel, is Kurosawa's favorite Kurosawa picture. Made in 1951, the film ran on for 165 minutes. Appalled, Kurosawa's crassly commercial distributor (Shochiku) hacked it down to 90 minutes. The uncut original has never been shown in public-until now. Thanks to a culture-conscious exhibitor named Dan Talbot, the unmitigated Idiot has had its world premiere in Manhattan-and the showing showed that the crassly commercial distributor was absolutely right...
...full-length feature in Full Color and Shochiku GrandScope is being shown for the first time in the Eastern United States. Produced by the largest film firm in Japan, "Kaza-Hana" is written and directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, one of Japan's noted names in the movie industry...
...free showing of the film has been arranged by Kenji Kanesaka, of the Shochiku Co., Ltd., a member of the International Seminar...