Dragnet Girl (1933)

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Dragnet Girl (also known as Woman on the cordon) is a film released on April 27, 1933. Shochiku Kinema production and distribution. The director is Yasujiro Ozu . Monochrome , standard , silent , 100 minutes.

American movies Japanese-made by Ozu director was influenced by gangster film in, Joji Oka is a man of the underworld, Kinuyo Tanaka has played its mistress. The National Film Center of the National Film Center of Tokyo holds three types of positive prints for screening: 119-minute and 120-minute 35mm films , and 120-minute 16mm film . 2003 (2003) December 25 , the Shochiku was recorded in the "Ozu Yasujiro DVD-BOX fourth collection," which was released as.

## Plot

Tokiko works as a typist during the day, but in her private life she lives with a third-rate yakuza, Shoji. Hiroshi, a student, joins the group, but Shoji is attracted to his sister, Kazuko. Tokiko learns about it and tries to threaten Kazuko, but on the contrary she likes her and decides to wash her feet from the outlaw world. Shoji agrees, but Hiroshi steals and Shoji has to do the last job to protect it. Shoji and Tokiko steal money from the president and give it to Hiroshi. While trying to escape from the police, Tokiko persuades Shoji to give himself up, but he is not heard, so he shoots him. The injured Shoji thought and the two were arrested.

## Cast

* Tokiko: Kinuyo Tanaka
* Joji Oka : Joji Oka
* Kazuko: Sumiko Mizukubo
* His younger brother Hiroshi: Hideo Mitsui
* Misako: Yumeko Aizome
* Senko: Yoshiro Takayama
* Misawa: Koji Kaga
* Minoru Okazaki: Yasuo Nanjo
* Secretary: Reiko Tani
* Boss of the fist battlefield: Nobuo Takemura
* Dancehall Yota: Shunsaku Kashima
* Police Officer: Seiji Nishimura
* Policeman: Chishu Ryu (non-credit)
* Special Support: Imperial Fist Fighting Party , Florida Dancehall

## Staff

* Director: Yasujiro Ozu
* Screenplay: Tadao Ikeda
* Original plan: James Maki (Yasujiro Ozu)
* Photo: Hideo Shigehara
* Light distribution: Toshimitsu Nakajima
* Art director: Yonekazu Wakita
* Stage set: Yakichi Otani
* Stage decoration: Takeshi Hoshino
* Costume: Ben Saito
* Hairdressing: Osamu Haga
* Shooting assistance: Yuharu Atsuta , Masao Irie, Ryohei Irisawa, Masami Hiroki, Masakichi Kinoshita
* Development operation: Toshimi Nosho, Houtaro Abe
* Subtitle shooting: Kiyomitsu Hinata
* Title: Tomoyoshi Shiga
* Shooting office work: Den Takayama
* Edited by: Kazuo Ishikawa , Minoru Kuribayashi
* Director auxiliary: Kiyoshi Auxiliary, Kenya Gil , Toyotomi Sano, Hiroo Hiratsuka

## Titles

* Woman on the cordon (Japanese: 非常線の女 Original Japanese release title)
* Dragnet Girl (Japanese and Worldwide release title)

## Work Description

The filming of this work was done from March 8th to April of the same year . The original pseudonym , James Maki, was originally born as a joint pseudonym of Akira Fushimi , Tadao Ikeda , Ozu, and Komatsu Kitamura , but in reality it became the pseudonym of Ozu alone . The script by Ikeda was completed in a week , and the book was read on January 24, the same year . However, on that day, Deputy Director Osamu Rokusha hurriedly asked me to shoot something in a hurry , and from January 27th to February 4th, I was shooting " The Woman in Tokyo "  . In addition, Keisuke Kinoshita, who assisted in shooting , recalled that he had a hard time shooting this work at midnight.

The " Florida Dance Hall, " which is credited as a special support , opened in August 1929 (Showa 4) at 30 Tameike-cho, Akasaka-ku , Tokyo (currently 2-4-1 Akasaka , Minato-ku , Tokyo ). Since it was burnt down once on August 8 , 1932 (Showa 7) at the dance hall , the cooperation for this work taken the following year is the same hall after the reconstruction  . It was closed along with other dance halls in Tokyo on October 31, 1940 (Showa 15) , when the time became severe .

Kinuyo Tanaka in this work is a hard-working business girl who works as a typist during the day , but at night she turns into a gangster mistress .

According to Kikuo Yamamoto , the influence of Josef von Sternberg 's " Underworld " (1927) and "The Dragnet ( English version ) " (1928) is strong, and it precedes this work. " Walk Cheerfully " and " That Night's Wife " (1930) are said to be the underworld in Ozu . Tsuneo Hazumi pointed out the influence of William A. Wellman 's " Ladies of the Mobul " (1928) on this work, and said that he wasted the energy of the "small citizen writer", disappointing this work. It has stated  .

Initial box office Osaka , Asahi seat and Rokku Asakusa park , Imperial Museum , the simultaneous screenings Fuyushima Taizo supervision and Hayashicho Jiro starring " martial arts spring umbrella ".

## Gallery

Sumiko MizukuboA set of towns that can be seen from a record shop with nippers . You can see the Maruzen signReiko TaniHideo Mitsui