Film Record: Sister

Screen capture from Sister.

Identifier:

• 3856 (Source: East Anglian Film Archive )

Date produced: 1932

Filmmaker(s):

Kichinosuke Takeuchi

Country of Production:

Japan

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:17:39

Length:

400 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

American Cinematographer Amateur Movie Makers Contest, 1932 - Honorable Mention
IAC Film Collection, East Anglian Film Archive

Description:

‘Ayako prays at the grave of her brother. Returning home, she helps Seizo - her late brother's young friend - to release his kite caught in the trees; an interlude that restores memories of the departed. Rural life and customs and the special delights of childhood are skilfully conveyed’ (EAFA Database).

Referred to "Sister and Brother" in 1932 American Cinematographer competition.

Resources:

This film is a part of the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection held by the East Anglian Film Archive.
IAC Film Library Catalogue (Silent and Sound). Institute of Amateur Cinematographers, 1975.

Subjects:

• Death
• Ethnology
•      Manners and Customs
•           Family life
• Medicine
•      Psychology
•           Emotions

Genre:

• Family
• Melodrama

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection, East Anglian Film Archive

Screenings:

• Screened by the Cherry Amateur Movie Society in 1938: Tokyo, Japan

Video Link:

• eafa.org.uk

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