Across the Equator

Across the Equator (Japanese: 赤道越えて, Hepburn: Sekidō Koete) is a 1936 Japanese propaganda documentary film directed by Eiji Tsuburaya in his directorial debut.[3] Produced and distributed by Nikkatsu,[1] it was shot by Tsuburaya from February to August 1935, whom traveled across the Pacific on the cruiser Asama.[4]

Across the Equator
Production still
Directed byEiji Tsuburaya[lower-alpha 1]
CinematographyEiji Tsuburaya[lower-alpha 1]
Edited byChūzō Aochi
Music byNobuyoshi Shiraki
Production
companies
Nikkatsu[2]
Futosou Talkie[2]
Distributed byNikkatsu
Release date
  • January 15, 1936 (1936-01-15)[2]
Running time
86 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Production

Traveling on the cruiser ship Asama, director and cinematographer Eiji Tsuburaya filmed the film in Hawaii, the Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand.[4] According to the Museum of Modern Art, the film was prepared by Yoshio Osawa of J.O. Studios in Kyoto as a request by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to illustrate current developments in Japanese sound film techniques.[3]

Release

Across the Equator was released in Japan on January 15, 1936[1] and was later screened at 4:00 p.m. on May 20, 2015, at the Museum of Modern Art.[3]

Notes
  1. Credited as Eiji Tsumuraya.[1]

References
  1. "赤道越えて | 映画". Nikkatsu (in Japanese). Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  2. Ragone 2014, p. 193.
  3. "Nihon no eiga zukuri (Movie Making in Japan: A Screen Snap-shot). 1934 Sekido Koete (Across the Equator). 1936. Directed by Eiji Tsuburaya | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  4. Matsuda 2001, pp. 10–12.
  • Matsuda, Takehisa, ed. (August 10, 2001). 円谷英二特撮世界 [Eiji Tsuburaya's World of Tokusatsu] (in Japanese). Keibunsha. ISBN 4-7669-3848-8.
  • Ragone, August (May 6, 2014). Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters (paperback ed.). Chronicle Books. ISBN 978-1-4521-3539-7.
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