by Miwa, Takahito; Masumura, Yasuzō; Ikeda, Ichirō; Miura, Ayako; Kobayashi, Setsuo; Shimogawara, Tomoo; Yamanouchi, Tadashi; Suda, Takeo; Watanabe, Chōji; Nakashizu, Tatsuji; Sakiyama, Chikashi; Wakao, Ayako; Ogata, Ken; Matsuo, Kayo; Azusa, Eiko; Namikawa, Yoko; Uchida, Yoshio
Projected medium / 1968
TitleTsumiki no hako The house of wooden blocks
Item typeProjected medium
Alternate title
  • Box of building blocks
  • House of wooden blocks
Author(s)
  • Miwa, Takahito
  • Masumura, Yasuzō
  • Ikeda, Ichirō
  • Miura, Ayako
  • Kobayashi, Setsuo
  • Shimogawara, Tomoo
  • Yamanouchi, Tadashi
  • Suda, Takeo
  • Watanabe, Chōji
  • Nakashizu, Tatsuji
  • Sakiyama, Chikashi
  • Wakao, Ayako
  • Ogata, Ken
  • Matsuo, Kayo
  • Azusa, Eiko
  • Namikawa, Yoko
  • Uchida, Yoshio
ImprintJapan Daiei (Tōkyō), 1968
LanguageJapanese
URLLink to original record
Notes
  • Release date: 10/30/1968.
  • Literal title translation: The box of building blocks.
  • Audie Bock points out "Masumura's 40th film, for which he collaborated on the script, shows plot irrationality perhaps due to the newspaper serial original, perhaps to the adolescent behavior he portrays. The extremes of self- sacrifice in some of the characters such as Hisayo and Sugiura contrast too sharply with the animal brutality of Sasabayashi and Namie, and the result is more caricature than realism. The harsh selfishness of Ichirō and the abrupt techniques used to present his interior thoughts (double exposure of a naked Yuri as he undresses her with his eyes) prevent him in the end from winning audience sympathy. Part of a late sixties trend toward adolescent sexuality subject matter."
  • Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.
  • Director of photography, Kobayashi Setsuo ; art director, Shimogawara Tomoo ; music composer, Yamanouchi Tadashi ; sound, Suda Takeo ; lighting, Watanabe Chōji ; film editor , Nakashizu Tatsuji ; assistant director, Sakiyama Chikashi.
Physical description5 reels of 5 (84 min.) : Daieiscope, sd., Fujicolor ; 35 mm. print + trailer.

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1968
Author: 
Miwa, TakahitoMasumura, YasuzōIkeda, IchirōMiura, AyakoKobayashi, SetsuoShimogawara, TomooYamanouchi, TadashiSuda, TakeoWatanabe, ChōjiNakashizu, TatsujiSakiyama, ChikashiWakao, AyakoOgata, KenMatsuo, KayoAzusa, EikoNamikawa, YokoUchida, Yoshio
Publisher: 
Daiei (Tōkyō)
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Millenium MARC Record: 
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