Night School (1956 film)

Template:Infobox film/short description is a 1956 Japanese film directed by Ishirō Honda.

Production

Night School was director Ishirō Honda's only film ever directed outside of Toho.Template:Sfn The film was among the first about the topic of night schools.Template:Sfn The original idea for developing a film around night schools was from Kanesaku Toda, a Toho staff member who approached Honda and other ex-Nichidai men.Template:Sfn The team got the rights to the short story by Teiji Seta titled "Mail Desk" (Yubin zukue) which appeared in the children's magazine Boys and Girls.Template:Sfn Among the crew was Yoko Mizuki as the screenwriter, and other Nichidai grads including Keiju Kobayashi and Jukichi Uno who starred as a teacher and a student's father.Template:Sfn The film was produced by Nihon University College of Art with a low budget.Template:Sfn Most actors on set worked without pay.Template:Sfn

Honda and the film's producers submitted Night School to the Japanese government's education department, hoping to secure a seal of approval to get the film approved for families and students.Template:Sfn The government advised Honda to change the title due to a stigma surrounding night schools, which Honda declined leading the funding being denied.Template:Sfn

Release

Night School was acquired by Daiei Film and distributed as a second feature on April 18, 1956.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

The film was not screened for decades.Template:Sfn It was revived at the 2009 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival retrospective titled "The Man Who Shot Godzilla".Template:Sfn Following the screening, a panel discussion was held with Shusuke Kaneko and Honda's son Ryuji.Template:Sfn

External links

• at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataTemplate:WikidataCheck
• Template:Jmdb title

Template:1950s-Japan-film-stub