The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-10-14
Liberalism keynOtes Post War Films
In Japan, Notes Our TOkyOScribe

them liked foreign MOVIES, as COM
pared with only III per cent for
japanese ones. OF those who liked
foreign movies, 42.5 per cent pre-
ferred American ones TO second
place French movies, 2S.7 per cent.
1t is interesting to note that only
AZ per cent said they liked Rus
sian movies.
AS for the most popular movie
actor (foreign), those polled liked
Gary Cooper with John Cabin
(F'rance), Clark Gable. Tyrone Po-
wer, Robert Taylor following in that
order. You're probably surprised to
see that none of the newcomers have
even placed on this list. AS for the
actresses, Greer Carson runs close
second to Ingrid Bergman, while the
others come in the following order.
June Allyson, Teresa Wright and
Elizabeth Taylor.
Among the japanese actors, Toshi-
no Mifune, postwar new face" who
| has made a name for himself in
'toughy" roles, was voted the most
popular In spite of his lean, rough
hewn features and the bad-boy roles
| he plays, he is said to be very
shy and retiring fellow. Right be-
hind him in popularity Is his exact
opposite, Ryo Ikebe, soft" boy
and Oh! so popular with the high
school girls. Americans would say
/ he was little sissified with none
/ of the manliness about him that
endears American screen stars to
the bobby-soxers. Shuji Sano, Shin
Saburi and Ken Uehara-all old
timers-are next in line with the
movie fans.
A real veteran and one known
to those in the States, SetsukO
Hara, was voted the most popular
by those who were questioned by
the Hosei students. Michiyo KO-
cure, an actress with a distinc-
lively different character and the
only one with a good posture, was
in second place, ahead Of MiekO
Takamine and Hideko Takamine
mot sisters. Cute, childish-lOok-
ing Yoke Katsuragi, postwar
addition to the film colony, was.
fifth.
Kinuyo Tanaka who was the first
| screen personality to go to the
States, has lost much of her former
popularity. Reviews of Engagement
Ring, her first picture since COM
ing back, were devastatingly critical,
and those for "Munekata Sisters,
million yen production, weren't
much better.
An actress friend of hers, whose
name is not given for obvious rca-
sons, told me that Miss Tanaka
has put on airs and inserts English
words into her conversation, SO
much so that one is made uncOm-
Portable.
Hideko Takamine, Deko for short,
was called the Shirley Temple OF
Japan in her younger days although
she has matured and takes grown
up roles now. She is said to be frank
to the point of embarrassment but
lots of fun.
Several other actresses have begun
to make name for themselves, chief
among them Yasuko Fujita, Kyo
Machiko and Rieko Sunni, but they
still have a long way to go before
they can catch up with their pre-
decessors.
However, the veterans aren't going
to stay young forever, and the movie
companies will have to rely more
and more on the younger set to
carry the load. Whether the young
cnes will be able to shoulder the
heavy responsibility and whether the
japanese can make better quality
movies to compete with foreign films
will determine whether movie-mak-
ing can continue as a money-making
industry IN Japan