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Japan's New Screen Art. More Real Than "Rashomon"
Iwasaki, A. | May 12, 1956 issue

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In the streets of downtown Tokyo, Japan, teeming with the United States soldiers and foreign tourists, there are many souvenir shops where all kinds of things Japanese are on sale—things perhaps too Japanese, such as embroidered kimonas in loud colors and figurines in fake-ivory. No Japanese even bothers to look at them. They are only for foreigners. This reminds of the case with some of the Japanese films exhibited abroad. The most remarkable fact about the Japanese film industry is that its best products are for the domestic market, and only second-rate pictures are found fit for export.

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SOUVENIRS (Keepsakes); RETAIL trade; EXPORTS; INTERNATIONAL trade; MOTION picture industry; JAPAN
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