Tsuchi (film)
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Tsuchi, or Earth, is a film directed by Tomu Uchida that was released in 1939. It was the 1940 Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film.[1]
A seriously compromised print of Earth was discovered in Germany in 1968. It suffers from nitrate damage and includes German subtitles. It is missing its first and last reel. The original film was 142 minutes long; this version runs 93 minutes. A 119-minute version of the film, with subtitles in Russian, was discovered in Russia around the turn of the millennium. It too is missing the last reel.
References
- ^ "Kinema Junpo Awards 1940". IMDB. Retrieved 2012-10-13.