Ninjin Club
Native name | 文芸プロダクションにんじんくらぶ |
|---|---|
Romanized name | Bungei Purodakushon Ninjin Kurabu |
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Film |
| Founded | April 16, 1954 |
| Founder | |
| Defunct | 1965 |
| Successor | Ninjin Productions |
| Headquarters | Japan |
Key people | Shigeru Wakatsuki (representative director and president) |
Ninjin Club (文芸プロダクションにんじんくらぶ, Bungei Purodakushon Ninjin Kurabu; lit. 'Literary Production Carrot Club') was a Japanese independent film production company founded on April 16, 1954, by actresses Keiko Kishi, Yoshiko Kuga, and Ineko Arima.[1] The company aimed to circumvent the restrictive Japanese studio system and enable creative freedom for actors, particularly women.[2][3] It collaborated with major studios like Shochiku and Toho and produced many acclaimed films, but declared bankruptcy in 1965 after the costly epic Kwaidan failed commercially. In 1966, the company's president Shigeru Wakatsuki founded a successor, Ninjin Productions, to produce Kamikaze Man: Duel at Noon.[4]
Selected films
- Mune yori mune ni (1955) - debut[5]
- Black River (1957)[6]
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)[7]
- Road to Eternity (1959)[7][8]
- A Soldier's Prayer (1961)[9]
- Mitasareta seikatsu (1962)[10]
- Love Under the Crucifix (1962)[11][12]
- Pale Flower (1964)
- Kwaidan (1964)[13]
References
- ^ "岸惠子自伝 - 卵を割らなければ，オムレツは食べられない（岩波書店刊）". www.iwanami.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-10-28.
- ^ Tanaka Kinuyo: Nation, Stardom and Female Subjectivity. Edinburgh University Press. 2018. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-4744-0969-8.
- ^ "岸惠子（12）にんじんくらぶ". The Nikkei (in Japanese). 2020-05-13. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
- ^ Fukasaku, Kinji; Yamane, Sadao [in Japanese] (2003). 映画監督深作欣二 [Filmmaker Kinji Fukasaku] (in Japanese). Wise Publishing. pp. 95–96. ISBN 978-4898301555.
- ^ "胸より胸に：映画作品情報・あらすじ・評価｜MOVIE WALKER PRESS 映画". MOVIE WALKER PRESS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-10-28.
- ^ "Black River". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
- ^ a b "国立映画アーカイブ開館記念 シネマ・エッセンシャル 2018-5". National Film Archive of Japan (in Japanese). 2018-08-22. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
- ^ "人間の條件・第三部望郷篇、第四部戦雲篇". Shochiku (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-10-28.
- ^ "人間の条件 完結篇 第五部死の脱出、第六部曠野の彷徨". Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
- ^ "充たされた生活 - 作品情報・映画レビュ". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
- ^ "お吟さま". Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
- ^ "Love Under the Crucifix". Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
- ^ "Biennale Cinema 2025 | Kaidan (Kwaidan - Ghost Stories)". Venice Biennale. 2025-07-08. Retrieved 2025-10-28.