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Film Studio P.C.L.'s Modern Work Environment and Film Style

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K12885
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 01060:History of arts-related
Research InstitutionTsuru University

Principal Investigator

Nordstrom Johan  都留文科大学, 文学部, 准教授 (00794322)

Project Period (FY) 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords日本映画 / 映画史 / 映画製作制度 / トーキー映画 / 映像メディア
Outline of Research at the Start

日本映画史における無声映画からトーキー映画への移行は、社会の変容を映し出し、まさに「モダニティー」の先端を表象するものである。本研究は、近代的職場環境とフィルムスタイルの観点から、日本映画史を捉え、初期トーキー映画製作所「P・C・L」(のちの映画会社「東宝」)が1933年から1938年の間に日本映画界に与えた影響力を考察するものである。その影響力を考察することにより、日本の大衆文化や戦前映画業界の特性を解明する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study has examined the influence of the early talkie film production company P.C.L. (later the film company Toho) on the Japanese film industry between 1933 and 1938, in terms of modern working conditions and film styles, and has shown how P.C.L. initiated several innovations that helped industrialise and consolidate the Japanese film industry, such as for instance the adoption of a Western style model of production.
The results of which were presented at international conferences and published in academic papers. Furthermore, a publishing contract was signed with Edinburgh University Press for a full-length book on the topic of P.C.L. and the Japanese film industry during the 1930s, due for publication in 2025.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

このプロジェクトで行った、映画製作場の視点から映画史を巡る研究は今までに日本ではあまりされておらず、映画研究の中では非常に注目すべき大きな一歩と言える。またアカデミアの世界だけではなく、国際映画祭を通して、幅広く海外の映画界において日本の戦前映画史を広めることができたインパクトがある研究と言える。さらに、1930年代のP.C.L.と日本の映画産業に関する長編研究は、2025年末にエジンバラ大学出版局から出版される予定であり、この種のものとしては初の長編研究となる。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2024 2023 2021

All Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Invited: 4 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Presentation] “Between Silence and Sound: The Aesthetics of the Japanese “Sound version”2023

    • Author(s)
      Johan Nordstrom
    • Organizer
      Aesthetics of Early Sound Film Revisited: Hybrid Films Between Silent and Sound
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Returning Prostitutes: Home, Family and Discrimination in Kimura Sotoji’s Karayukisan (1937)2023

    • Author(s)
      Johan Nordstrom
    • Organizer
      European Association of Japanese Studies
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Bringing the Archive to Life: Curating Japanese Cinema2023

    • Author(s)
      Johan Nordstrom
    • Organizer
      University of Zurich, at the Il Cinema Ritrovato, Italy
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Transnational Currents in Japanese Pre-War Musicals2023

    • Author(s)
      Johan Nordstrom
    • Organizer
      Transcultural Cinema Forum 2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Sound in the Early Talkies of Studio P.C.L:A Comparative Approach2021

    • Author(s)
      ノルドストロム ヨハン
    • Organizer
      Aesthetics of Early Sound Film: Media Change around 1930
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Book] Benshi in the Era of the Talkie, in "The World of the Benshi"2024

    • Author(s)
      Johan Nordstrom
    • Total Pages
      16
    • Publisher
      The Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Early Japanese Sound Film Aesthetics at Shochiku and Nikkatsu, in "Aesthetics of Early Sound Film"2023

    • Author(s)
      Johan Nordstrom
    • Total Pages
      18
    • Publisher
      Amsterdam University Press
    • ISBN
      9789048555895
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2021-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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