Yukichi Kamishiro
2021限りなき前進
Tomu Uchida
Isamu Kosugi, Hisako Takihana
One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian problems of a middle-aged salaryman and his family segues into an idyllic dream of an implausible future. The surviving print, although incomplete, offers an essential glimpse into Uchida’s prewar period, when he was associated more with realist dramas than with the period films that dominated his work after the war.
Unending Advance
日本戦歿学生の手記 きけ、わだつみの声
Hideo Sekigawa
Hajime Izu, Yasumi Hara
This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The film is located to Burma. It shows the everyday problems of soldiers in contrast of their ideas and the cynicism of their commanders. Soldiers are also victims of military bullying by their commanders.
Listen to the Voices of the Sea
潜水艦１号
Masamitsu Igayama
Koji Nakata, Shirô Izome
This film begins with a teacher describing to his students how brave the crew was which died as result of Japan's first submarine accident. The film then follows two of the pupils, one becomes a submarine captain and the other designs submarines.
Submarine Number One
