Yutaka Abe
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was a Japan
ese film director
and actor. He went to America to study theater and began acting in Hollywood, appearing in such films as The Cheat with Sessue Hayakawa
. He was often billed as "Jack Abbe" or "Jack Yutake Abbe." He returned to Japan in 1925, finding work at the Nikkatsu
studio, and soon made his debut as a director. Among his early works was the 1926 silent film
The Woman Who Touched the Legs (Ashi ni sawatta onna), a comedy about a writer and a woman thief. This film, along with most of Abe's early work, is now lost. Before and during World War II, Abe directed a number of nationalistic propaganda films including Moyuru ōzora
(Flaming Sky) and Ano hata o ute
(Fire on That Flag).
After the war, he directed the 1950 film adaptation of Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's The Makioka Sisters
, a film which brought him commercial success. His later films include the 1959 satirical comedy Season of Affairs (Uwaki no kisetsu).
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and actor. He went to America to study theater and began acting in Hollywood, appearing in such films as The Cheat with Sessue Hayakawa
Sessue Hayakawa
was a Japanese and American Issei actor who starred in American, Japanese, French, German, and British films. Hayakawa was the first and one of the few Asian actors to find stardom in the United States as well as Europe. Between the mid-1910s and the late 1920s, he was as well known as actors...
. He was often billed as "Jack Abbe" or "Jack Yutake Abbe." He returned to Japan in 1925, finding work at the Nikkatsu
Nikkatsu
is a Japanese entertainment company well known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio. The name Nikkatsu is an abbreviation of Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Cinematograph Company".-History:...
studio, and soon made his debut as a director. Among his early works was the 1926 silent film
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
The Woman Who Touched the Legs (Ashi ni sawatta onna), a comedy about a writer and a woman thief. This film, along with most of Abe's early work, is now lost. Before and during World War II, Abe directed a number of nationalistic propaganda films including Moyuru ōzora
Moyuru ozora
is a 1940 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Yutaka Abe.Moyuru ōzora is a war film.Special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.*Song: Ichiro Fujiyama....
(Flaming Sky) and Ano hata o ute
Ano hata o ute
aka Fire on that Flag: The End of Corregidor is a 1944 black and white Japanese film directed by Yutaka Abe.- External links :Article on history and analysis: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~amnornes/Dawn.pdf...
(Fire on That Flag).
After the war, he directed the 1950 film adaptation of Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's The Makioka Sisters
The Makioka Sisters (novel)
is a Japanese novel written by Tanizaki Jun’ichirō. It has been called, “the greatest cosmopolitan novel since the Meiji Restoration”.The novel follows the lives of the Makiokas, a wealthy Osaka family, from the autumn of 1936 to April, 1941, focusing on the family’s attempts to find a husband for...
, a film which brought him commercial success. His later films include the 1959 satirical comedy Season of Affairs (Uwaki no kisetsu).
Director
- A Mermaid On Land (Riku no ningyo) (1926)
- The Woman Who Touched the Legs (1926)
- Five Women Around Him (Kare o meguru gonin no onna) (1927)
- Children of the Sun (Taiyō no ko) (1938)
- Moyuru ōzoraMoyuru ozorais a 1940 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Yutaka Abe.Moyuru ōzora is a war film.Special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.*Song: Ichiro Fujiyama....
(燃ゆる大空) (1940) - Ano hata o uteAno hata o uteaka Fire on that Flag: The End of Corregidor is a 1944 black and white Japanese film directed by Yutaka Abe.- External links :Article on history and analysis: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~amnornes/Dawn.pdf...
(あの旗を撃て−コレヒドールの最後) (1944) - The Makioka Sisters (1950)
- Koibito no iru machi (1953)
- Battleship Yamato (Senkan Yamato) (1953)
- Hanran: Ni-ni-roku jiken (1954)
- Nihon yaburezu (Japan Undefeated) (1954)
- Season of Affairs (Uwaki no kisetsu) (1959)