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In 1936, Japan Film Directors Society was formed. This was a group photograph of the occasion.
Front Row, from left;
Teinosuke Kinugasa (1896-1982) (Wikipedia)
A Page of Madness (狂った一頁[Kurutta Ichipeiji] 1926)
The Gate of Hell (地獄門[Jigokumon] 1953)
Yoshinobu Ikeda (1892-1973) (JMDB)
Irohanihohedo (いろはにほへど 1933)
Sadao Yamanaka (1909-1938) (Wikipedia)
Kouchiyama Soushun (河内山宗俊1936)
Humanity Paper Balloon (人情紙風船[Ninjo Kamifusen] 1937)
Mansaku Itami (1900-1946) (Wikipedia)
Akanishi Kakita (赤西蛎太1936)
The New Earth (新しき土[Atarashiki Tuchi] 1937)
Heinosuke Gosho (1902-1981) (Wikipedia)
The Neighbor’s Wife and Mine (マダムと女房[Madamu to nyoubo] 1931)
The Four Chimneys (煙突の見える場所[Entotsu no Mieru Basho] 1953)
Minoru Murata (1894-1937) (Wikipedia)
Souls on the Road (路上の霊魂[Rojo no Reikon] 1921)
The Street Juggler (街の手品師[Machi no Tejinashi] 1925)
Shigeyoshi Suzuki (1900-1976) (Wikipedia)
What Made Her Do It? (何が彼女をさうさせたか[Naniga Kanojo wo Sousasetaka] 1930)
Kenji Mizoguchi (1898-1956) (Wikipedia)
Naniwa Elegy (浪華悲歌 1936)
Ugetsu (雨月物語[Ugetsu Monogatari] 1953)
Second Row, from left;
Tomotaka Tasaka (1902-1974) (Wikipedia)
Five Scouts (五人の斥候兵[Gonin no Sekko-Hei]1938)
Mud and Soldiers (土と兵隊[Tuchi to Heitai]1939)
Yasujiro Shimazu (1897-1945) (Wikipedia)
My Little Neighbor, Yae (隣の八重ちゃん[Tonari no Yae-chan] 1934)
A Brother and His Younger Sister (兄とその妹[Ani to Sono Imouto] 1939)
Hiroshi Shimizu(1903-1966) (Wikipedia)
Mr. Thank You (ありがとうさん[Arigato-san] 1936)
The Masseurs and a Woman (按摩と女 [Anma to Onna] 1938)
Yutaka Abe (1895-1977) (Wikipedia)
Children of Sun (太陽の子[Taiyo no Ko] 1938)
Kiyohiko Ushihara (1897-1985) (Wikipedia)
Yama kururu (山暮るる 1921)
Kajiro Yamamoto (1902-1974) (Wikipedia)
Horse (馬[Uma]1941)
Battle of Pearl Harbor and the Malay Coast (ハワイ・マレー沖海戦[Hawai-Marei Oki Kaisen] 1942)
Yasujiro Ozu (1903-1963) (Wikipedia)
The Only Son (一人息子[Hitori Musuko] 1936)
Tokyo Story (東京物語[Tokyo Monogatari] 1953)
Tomu Uchida (1898-1970) (Wikipedia)
Theater of Life (人生劇場[Jinsei Gekijo] 1936)
A Fugitive from Past (飢餓海峡[Kiga Kaikyo] 1965)
Third Row, from left;
Mikio Naruse (1905-1969) (Wikipedia)
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street (朝の並木道[Asa no Namiki Michi] 1936)
Repast (めし[Meshi] 1951)
Kintaro Inoue (1901-1954) (JMDB)
Bunshichi Motoyui (1936)