The vast majority of the commercial films made by Kinugasa in the 1920s have, like almost all Japanese films of the period, been lost. Even a fragmentary survival such as Oni azami is to be celebrated – the more so since the film marked the first of many appearances by popular star Chojiro Hayashi (1908-84) in Kinugasa films. The original story of Oni azami is credited to Fred Niblo, the American director of Blood and Sand (1922) and Ben-Hur (1925). It derives from The Red Lily (1924), a Ramón Novarro vehicle that had been a great success on its release in Japan.
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Director
Kubo and the Two Strings76%
Anastasia76%
Isle of Dogs78%
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio80%
Tarzan & Jane60%
The Adventures of Tintin69%
The Tiger's Apprentice72%
A Tooth Fairy Tale85%
Bedknobs and Broomsticks70%
The Little Vampire 3D60%
The Boxtrolls67%
In Your Dreams69%
Ninja Assassin67%
The Lego Movie74%
Memoirs of a Geisha76%
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Aladdin70%
The Little Prince76%
The Sleeping Dictionary65%
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