Spring Song

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Original Title	春の唄
Japanese kana Rendering	Haru no uta
English Title	Spring Song
Production Date	1931
Author	Noburo Ofuji
Duration (minutes)	3
Sound	silent
Color	b/w, tinted
Plot
Description	The original version was a record talkie (silent film with synchronized sound on disc). A 16mm version and a 9.5mm Pathé Baby version were simultaneously released by Chiyogami Graph, a label of Chiyogami Eigasha (the record number reveals that this film was recorded only on side A). However, sounds are missing from the existing version. The Spring Song is a lovely piece of music known as the theme song for the Spring Dance Performance presented by Shochiku Kageki Division at the Osaka Shochikuza theater. Even today, the song is sung by OSK Nippon Revue Company, the successor to the Shochiku Opera Division, under the title Cherry Blossom Country. The Spring Song recorded in the Japan Art Animation Movie Collection (1) DVD: Works by Noburo Ofuji (organized by the Japan Association of Audiovisual Producers; published by Kinokuniya Shoten, 2004) is a version synchronized with record music.
Production Company	Chiyogami Eigasha
Distribution	Banno Shoten
Release Date	Apr 1931
Credits: Director	Animation: Noburo Ofuji
Credits: Staff, Cast, etc.	Poems by: Suifu Kishimoto　Songs by: Shiro Matsumoto　Performed by: Kikuko Inoue　Columbia Records 25819-A
Intertitles	T1「Pathé-Baby」、T2「不燃性フヰルム BANNO」、T3「千代紙映画」、T4「START」、T5「春の唄」、T6「コロンビアレコード 25819-A」、T7「作歌岸本水府」、T8「作曲松本四朗」、T9「獨唱井上起久子」、T10「千代紙グラフ」、T11「作画大藤信郎」、T12「春の唄サクラサククニサクラサクラハナハニシカラヒガシカラココモチリシクアスファルトサクラフブキニクルウアシドリ」、T13「終」、T14「Pathé-Baby」。
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Frames per Second	16fps
Source of Digital Copy	The 9.5mm positive owned by Planet Film Archive (tinted) -> The 35mm internegative owned by NFC
Completeness	lack of sound
Additional Notes	The tinted color was digitally reproduced.
Related Links	publicity material＜Noburo Ofuji　Memorial Museum / Gallery＞