IWASAKI, Akira

岩崎昶, 18 November 1903 - 16 September 1981

• a noted film critic, historian, and poducer
• wrote or edited over 30 books of film criticism/history/theory/biographies
• a prominent left-wing figure, involved in Marxist politics
• helped introduce German experimental film in Japan
• instrumental in getting Teinosuke Kinugasa's experimental film A Page of Madness (狂った一頁, 1926) screened in Tokyo
• a founding member of the Japan Proleteriat Kinema League (Pro-Kino)
• arrested in 1940 for his opposition to the Film Law
• a documentary film producer
• produced left-wing independent films
• only film critic arrested by ideological police during the war
• a member of the Berlinale jury in 1974
• Three Little Bears (1931) was based on a story by Kazuko Murayama, the wife of avant-garde artist Tomoyoshi Murayama
• wikipedia page (EN)

As a Film Producer (製作):

1. 1938.＿.＿ 私の鶯 満映＝東宝映画 .
2. 1955.02.12 ここに泉あり 中央映画
3. 1969.05.25 ひとりっ子 新星映画