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The History of Cinema: 1923 |
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| 20/2 - |
Kenjo Mizoguchi’s directorial debut, Kokyo, premieres in Tokyo. [ADD] |
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All film studios are destroyed in an earthquake that decimates the Tokyo and Yokohama regions. The studios work together to make use of Nikkatsu’s old studios in Kyoto. [ADD] |
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Yun Baek-nam writes and directs Ulha ui Mengse (Wulha's Vow) arguably the first Korean feature film, although it was actually produced, distributed and promoted by the Japanese Songjuk. [ADD] |
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Hayagawa, owner of the Choson Theatre, founds the Dong Ah Munhwa Hyophoe (Donga Cultural Society) and releases Ch'unghwangjon. [ADD] |
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– Frances Flaherty and Robert Flaherty film Moana: A Romance of the Golden Age in Samoa. [ADD] |
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| 30/3 - |
L’Appel de la montagne premieres. The film, directed by Arthur Porchet, stars Emile Crettex and Ernette Tam. [ADD] |
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– The Shi Jie San Guan (World War III Theatre) presents Dan Duyu’s Gu jing chong bo ji" (The revival of an old well), the first Chinese film to be shown in Taiwan. [ADD] |
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– The government-run newspaper, Taiwan daily news press establishes a film department and shoots a short fiction film called Kan niu han (Cowherd). Praising Japan’s invasion of Taiwan, the film’s title was eventually changed to Lao tian wu qing (An unfeeling God). [ADD] |
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Turkey |
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| 23/4 - |
The War of Independence drama Atesten Gömlek (The Ordeal), the first film to feature Turkish Muslim women (Bedia Muhavvit and Neyyire Neyir), premieres in Istanbul [ADD] |
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| Uruguay | ||||
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– Juan Antonio Borges’ Almas de la Costa, the country’s first feature-length film, is released. [ADD] |
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| 25/4 – |
Sergei Eisenstein inserts a film sequence of The Journal de Gloumov into his stage adaptation of Ostrovsky’s The Wise Man. [ADD] |
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| 25/10 – |
The cinema section of the Georgian Education Board screens Ivan Perestiani’s Citele Esmakudeni (The Little Red Devils). [ADD] |
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Other Key Films of 1923 |
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| Macedonia | ||||
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Makedonija (Macedonia) (Arsenie Jovakov, Georgi Zankov) [ADD] |
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Sweden |
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Gunnar Hede’s Saga (Mauritz Stiller) [ADD] |
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| Turkey | ||||
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Atesten Gomlek (Muhsin Ertugul) [ADD] |
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