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Shooting the Famous Hozu Rapids of Japan
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by [?] Bertram Bracken?
Cast: (unknown)
Méliès Star Films [American] production; distributed by [?] The Vitagraph Company of America through The General Film Company, Incorporated? / Produced by Gaston Méliès. / Released 20 November 1913; in a split-reel with A Lemon Plantation (1913). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on-location in Japan.
Documentary.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? A thrilling sport for the tourist in Japan. You are taken to the little town of Hozu where you enter boats of special construction and are shot down rapids swift and treacherous. Only by the most expert handling of the boats by trained natives is disaster avoided. The camera is on one of these boats and the sensation is thrilling.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Japan: Hozu Rapids
Listing updated: 8 October 2023.
References: Thompson-Star p. 235 : Website-IMDb.
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