Silver Wheel
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Silver Wheel (Bicycle in Dream) is a PR film that was produced to promote the export of bicycles. However, Matsumoto Toshio, who was an employee of the Shin-riken Pictures, which had been contracted to produce the film, asked for the cooperation of Yamaguchi Katsuhiro, Kitadai Shozo and Takemitsu Toru, at the time members of Jikken Kobo, and also invited the participation of Tsuburaya Eiji, the leading expert in the field of special effects. Therefore, this work depicts a young boy’s dreams concerning a bicycle, while making the most of the realistic and materialistic character of bicycle parts and of surreal and fantasy-like scenes. Due to the course of its production and the fresh images and music used, this was seen as being the first example of experimental cinema in postwar Japan.
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Toshio Matsumoto Director · Genichiro Higuchi Director Masao Yabe Director
First release January 1, 1955 · Produced in Japan · Original title 銀輪
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Shin Riken Eiga
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Japan
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Original title
銀輪
Original language
Japanese
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No dialogue
Release dates
Japan · January 1, 1955
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