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(June 18, 1899–March 28, 1966)

二川文太郎

A specialist in jidai-geki, Futagawa is remembered largely for the silent films he made at Makino Productions in collaboration with popular action hero Tsumasaburō Bandō. Several of these survive: Kageboshi (Edo Kaizokuden: Kagebōshi, 1925) is admired for having introduced a greater psychological depth into a genre hitherto concerned largely with action, while the most famous, Orochi (1925), is considered of importance in establishing the anti-heroic persona of the “nihilist hero” in revolt against society, which would be developed by Daisuke Itō. The film’s melancholy mood was genuinely affecting, though it lacked Itō’s depth of political implication, the hero’s sufferings being the result more of hard luck than of social injustice. Noel Burch has called Futagawa “the epitome of the academic neo-Western director”; however, while his style had a certain classical economy, his preference for staging action scenes in long shot was as characteristically Japanese as were his thematic concerns. It seems, moreover, that he made occasional films in a deliberately experimental mode: the lost When the Gravestone Snores (Boseki ga ibikisuru koro, 1925) was apparently influenced by the then fashionable expressionism of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920, Robert Wiene).

In the thirties, Futagawa worked at Shochiku, where he continued to specialize in period films, often starring the dashing Chōjūrō Hayashi (later renamed Kazuo Hasegawa). However, his sound films were not widely admired, and he retired from direction in 1939. An attempted comeback in the fifties was unsuccessful. Futagawa’s younger brother, Eisuke Takizawa, also worked as a director.

1923 Shinkirō / Mirage

1924 Kaiketsu taka / The Mighty Hawk

Buaku no men / The Devil’s Mask

Kekkon subekarazu / Don’t Get Married

Gekkyūbi no yoru no dekigoto (Kyūryōbi no yoru) / Incidents on the Night After Payday (Payday Night)

Shisen ni tateba / Standing Between Life and Death

Jōnetsu no hi / Fires of Passion

Bonnō jigoku / Hell of Desire

Maen no kiyuru koro / When the Devil-Fire Is Quenched

Koi no ryōnin / Love Hunter

Natsuyoimachi shinjū / Double Suicide at Natsuyoimachi

Kunisada Chūji Shinshū miyako ochi / Chuji Kunisada Leaves the Capital for Shinshu

Gyakuryū / Retaliation

1925 Kunisada Chūji / Chuji Kunisada

Edo kaizokuden: Kagebōshi / Kageboshi (lit. Legend of the Phantom Thief in Edo: The Shadow)

Boseki ga ibikisuru koro / When the Gravestone Snores

Aru tonosama no hanashi / A Certain Lord’s Story

Rantō / Swordfight

Zoku rantō / Swordfight 2

Orochi / Orochi / The Serpent

1926 Enpō kibun: Bijōfu / Strange Story of the Enpo Period: A Handsome Young Man

Shura hakkō (Daiippen; Dainihen; Dansanpen) / The Pains of Hell (Parts 1, 2, and 3)

Guren no chimata: Buke katagi / Neighborhood of Foolish Love: Nature of a Samurai Household

Dondorobori / Muddy Moat

Teru hi kumoru hi (Daiippen; Dainihen) / Bright Day, Cloudy Day (Parts 1 and 2)

Kagebōshi torimonochō: Zenpen / Casebooks of the Shadow: Part 1

1927 Kagebōshi torimonochō: Kōhen / Casebooks of the Shadow: Part 2

Akuma no hoshi no moto ni / Under the Devil’s Stars

Miyokichi goroshi / The Killing of Miyokichi

1928 Dokuhebi / Poisonous Snake

Madara hebi / Spotted Snake

Shinpan Ōoka seidan (Zenpen; Chūhen) / Ooka’s Trial: New Version (Parts 1 and 2)

Hi no warai / Red Smile

Kotsuniku / Flesh and Bone

1929 Taika shinsei / New Dispensation of the Taika Era (co-director)

Isetsu: Shimizu Ikkaku / Heterodoxy: Ikkaku Shimizu

Hatamoto Kobushinshū / Carpenter Retainers of the Shogun

Kunisada Chūji no iji / The Son of the Late Chuji Kunisada

Katana o nuite / Drawing the Sword

Araki Mataemon / Mataemon Araki

Aisuru mono no michi / Way of a Lover

Zoku kagebōshi: Kyōsō hen / Kageboshi 2: Thirst-Crazed Chapter

1930 Donfuku dairensen / Fortunate Great Love

Mōmoku no otōto / Blind Younger Brother

Kaidan Kasanegafuchi / The Ghost of Kasane Swamp

Harenchi gaidō / Shameless Heresy

1931 Kagoya dainagon / Palanquin Bearer and Minister

Ryakudatsu yomego / Abduction of the Bride

Nagebushi Yanosuke: Michinoku no maki / Bawdy Song of Yanosuke: Michinoku Reel

Nagebushi Yanosuke: Edo no maki / Bawdy Song of Yanosuke: Edo Reel

1932 Yajikita: Bijin sōdōki / Yaji and Kita: Trouble About a Beauty

Nawanuke Jihei: Shiranami zaifu / Jihei Nawanuke: The Wallet of Shiranami

Kurama Tengu: Taifū no maki / Kurama Tengu: Typhoon Reel

Kamiyui Shinzō / Shinzo the Hairdresser

Tenbare Hisaroku / Hisaroku under Clear Skies

Adauchi kyōdai kagami / Model Avenging Brothers

1933 Kōsetsu: Nuretsubame / Rumor: Wet Swallow

Yatō to seishun / The Night Thief and Youth

Matagorō kyōdai / The Brothers Matagoro

Unka no kyōteki / Rivals in Cloud and Mist

Tenmei hatamotogasa: Kōrui no maki / A Retainer’s Helmet of the Tenmei Era: A Beautiful Woman’s Tears

1934 Tenmei hatamotogasa: Hareru hi no maki / A Retainer’s Helmet of the Tenmei Era: Brightening Days

Yarisabi renbo / Love of a Rusted Spear

Rinzō shusse tabi / Rinzo’s Journey to Success

Tsujigiri zange / Penitence for the Killing at the Crossroads

1935 Jingi wa kagayaku / Glory of Honor

Umon torimonochō: Hanayome jigoku hen / The Casebooks of Detective Umon: A Bride’s Hell

1936 Iseya koban / Iseya’s Gold

1937 Ruten: Daiichibu: Honoo / Vicissitudes of Life: Part 1: The Flame

Ruten: Dainibu: Hoshi / Vicissitudes of Life: Part 2: The Star

1938 Shunpū Ise monogatari / Tale of the Spring Breeze at Ise

Isetsu: Hatamoto gonin otoko / Heterodoxy: Five Retainers

Nagadosu jiai / Competition of Long Swords

Kimen mikazukitō / Demon-Masked Group of the Crescent Moon

1939 Chūji tabi nikki / Chuji’s Travel Diary

Nijibare kaidō / Road under a Rainbow

1955 Fukushū Jōrurizaka: Onibuse tōge no shūgeki / Revenge at Jorurizaka: Attack at Onibuse Pass

Fukushū Jōrurizaka: Akatsuki no kessen / Revenge of Jorurizaka: Bloody Battle at Dawn