Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986)
"Kinema no tenchi" (original title)

Director:

Yôji Yamada

Writers:

Yoshitaka Asama, Hisashi Inoue,

Stars:

Kiyoshi Atsumi, Kiichi Nakai, Narimi Arimori

4 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Kiyoshi Atsumi	...	Kihachi
Kiichi Nakai	...	Kenjiro Shimada
Narimi Arimori	...	Koharu Tanaka
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chieko Baishô	...	Yuki
Harumi Edo
Akira Emoto	...	Director Saeki
Kanbi Fujiyama	...	Guest in Asakusa
Hajime Hana	...	Yasugoro
Mitsuru Hirata	...	Odagiri
Nana Kinomi	...	Singer
Ittoku Kishibe	...	Director Ogata
Leonard Kuma	...	Ryohei Isono
Gin Maeda	...	Kokichi
Kôshirô Matsumoto	...	Kida Studio Boss
Keiko Matsuzaka	...	Sumie Kawashima

Storyline

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

2 August 1986 (USA)

Also Known As:

Das Mädchen im Atelier

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shôchiku Eiga

Technical Specs

Runtime:

135 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

User Reviews

A Good Film About Films

This is a film about the film industry in Japan in the early 30's. Specifically, it is about Koharu (the pretty, fresh faced Narimi Arimori), a candy seller at a movie theater who is discovered by director Ogura, to be an actress in a film. She doesn't do well at all. and the film is basically about what happens to her. The film is sometimes uneven, but it has heart. By far the best part of this film is Ms. Arimori, she is very believable as the novice actress. I am not sure how much of a history lesson this is, but it has comic moments, as well as drama. The film Koharu ends up working on is "Floating Weeds", coincidently (I don't believe its a coincidence) the name of a film by the great Ozu. This film is entertaining but not great. Its worth a look, especially if you have an interest in how films, even so long ago, were made.