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Looking for Tazuko Sakane, The first Japanese woman film director / Brides of the Frontier
Looking for Tazuko Sakane, The first Japanese woman film director
- Documentary
- Japan/2004/22 min.
- Director: Hiroko Kumagai
Story
Tazuko Sakane was the first woman in Japan to direct films, yet she is largely unknown. She directed one feature-length drama, and she also made ten films for the Manchuria Film Association. After the war, however, she could not even gain a position as an assistant director due to her lack of a university degree and her gender. She spent the rest of her life as a scripter. This short documentary takes a closer look at her life.
Brides of the Frontier
- Documentary
- Japan/1943/21 min.
- Director: Tazuko Sakane
- Film source: National Film Archive of Japan
Story
This propaganda film was made to encourage young Japanese women to emigrate to Manchuria to become wives of Japanese settlers. Shot in the Saitama village settlement in northern Manchuria, the film depicts the daily lives of agricultural immigrants, including communal cooking, childcare, and farm work. The only surviving film directed by Tazuko Sakane. (Source: National Film Archive of Japan website in Japanese)
Talk panelists
Talk panelist: Ms. Hiroko Kumagai (Film Director)
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