Namiko (1932)

Release Date: 1932-05-19
Runtime: 0h 55min
Production Company: Oriental Eiga-sha
Production Country: Japan
Director: Eizo Tanaka

An early Japanese sound film, notable for being the only Japanese film ever to use the Western Electric Sound System. Contrary to most Western sources that give sole directing credit to Eizo Tanaka, it was actually co-directed by six different directors, Tanaka, Kazue Kimura, Kazuo Takimura, Ryoji Mikami and Hidekuni Ouchi.