Ginrin
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| Directed by | Genichiro Higuchi Toshio Matsumoto Masao Yabe |
| Written by | Shozo Kitashiro Toshio Matsumoto Katsuhiro Yamaguchi |
| Cinematography | Hidesaburo Araki |
| Music by | Hiroyoshi Suzuki Tōru Takemitsu |
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Running time | 12 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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Ginrin (銀輪; "Silver Ring"), also known as Bicycle in Dream and Silver Wheels,[1] is a 1955 Japanese short promotional colour film directed by Genichiro Higuchi, Toshio Matsumoto and Masao Yabe in collaboration with the Jikken Kōbō avant-garde art collective.[2] It was written by Shozo Kitashiro, Matsumoto and Katsuhiro Yamaguchi for the Japan Bicycle Industry Association and was Matsumoto's first film.
The film promotes Japanese bicycles, using experimental cinema techniques.[1][3][4] The musique-concrète score was by Hiroyoshi Suzuki and Tōru Takemitsu.
Scenario
[edit | edit source]A boy looks through a picture book about bicycles and sees surrealistic images.
Reception
[edit | edit source]Miryam Sas of the University of California, Berkeley wrote: "From the sponsors' viewpoint, Ginrin showcases the simple pleasures of color cinema and the cycling apparatus, both as ways of experiencing/mediating selected elements of the (in this case) natural environment, the 'beauty of nature.' Yet at another level, the effects of scale here parallel the effects of speed: with the parallax view, with mechanical objects whirling in space, the film reflects on the experience of the technologically mediated environment. ... Ginrin represents a historically significant moment of innovation, framing collaborations between artists across media with an interest in how the apparatus and mechanism affect the physical experience of the environment."[5]
Preservation status
[edit | edit source]The film was believed lost for many years; however, a copy was found and digitally restored by the National Film Center of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.[6]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Ginrin at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- An interview with Toshio Matsumoto