Kindai Eiga Kyōkai
Japanese film studio
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Kindai Eiga Kyōkai (近代映画協会; "Modern Film Association") is a Japanese independent film studio. It was formed in 1950 by directors Kōzaburō Yoshimura and Kaneto Shindo and actor Taiji Tonoyama, and went on to produce most of Shindo's films, such as The Naked Island and Onibaba.[1]
History
Kindai Eiga Kyōkai was formed in 1950 when Kōzaburō Yoshimura and Kaneto Shindo decided to leave the Shochiku production company. It was formed together with actor Taiji Tonoyama.
By 1960, the company was almost bankrupt. With little money left, Shindo decided to make one last film, The Naked Island. This was a hit abroad, winning a prize at the Moscow Film Festival, and the money earned by signing foreign distribution rights was enough to keep the company afloat.[2]
Throughout its history, the company was never highly profitable, with profits being reinvested into making more films.[3]
Productions
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 1949 | Kitsune no homerun-ō |
| 1952 | Children of Hiroshima |
| 1953 | Life of a Woman |
| 1953 | Epitome |
| 1953 | Before Dawn |
| 1953 | Yokubo |
| 1953 | Murahachibu |
| 1954 | Dobu |
| 1954 | Cape Ashizuri |
| 1955 | The Wolves |
| 1956 | Wedding Day |
| 1956 | An Actress |
| 1959 | Lucky Dragon No. 5 |
| 1960 | The Naked Island |
| 1962 | Ningen |
| 1963 | Mother |
| 1964 | Onibaba |
| 1965 | Akuto |
| 1966 | Lost Sex |
| 1966 | Kokoro no sanmyaku |
| 1967 | A Fallen Woman |
| 1967 | Libido |
| 1968 | Kuroneko |
| 1968 | Strong Women, Weak Men |
| 1968 | The House of the Sleeping Virgins |
| 1969 | Heat Wave Island |
| 1970 | Live Today, Die Tomorrow! |
| 1970 | Strange Affinity |
| 1971 | Sweet Secret |
| 1972 | Hymn |
| 1972 | Kanawa |
| 1972 | A Chorus of One Million People |
| 1972 | Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl |
| 1973 | Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer |
| 1973 | Rika 3: Juvenile’s Lullaby |
| 1974 | My Way |
| 1975 | Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director |
| 1976 | Two Harmonicas |
| 1977 | The Life of Chikuzan |
| 1977 | Tomorrow Evening |
| 1978 | Horror of the Giant Vortex |
| 1979 | The Strangling |
| 1979 | Mother Teresa and Her World |
| 1980 | Nurse’s Husband |
| 1986 | Black Board |
| 1988 | Sakura-tai Chiru |
| 1992 | The Strange Tale of Oyuki |
| 1993 | Dying at a Hospital |
| 1995 | A Last Note |
| 1996 | Cab |
| 1997 | Tokyo Lullaby |
| 1998 | Looking For |
| 1999 | Will to Live |
| 1999 | Osaka Story |
| 1999 | Adrenaline Drive |
| 2000 | By Player |
| 2002 | Oriume |
| 2003 | Owl |
| 2004 | River of First Love |
| 2004 | Zero |
| 2005 | Sayonara Color |
| 2007 | Midnight March |
| 2008 | Teacher and Three Children |
| 2010 | Postcard |