japanese
Kamei Fumio Retrospective [PR and Educational Films]

Let’s Weave a Rainbow

(“Niji o amimasho”)
- 1963 / Color / 16mm (orig. 35mm) / 17 min

Cast: Cool Chappy, Kei China
Planning: Yoshikawa Co., Ltd.
Production Company: Dentsu
Source: Japan Document Film

It is the middle of the night in a big city wool store. The heroines are the store’s display mannequins. A student, a clerk, and a young wife are all content in their woolen clothes. However, Mitsuko worries to herself that her skin is too dark. For people whose bodies are not perfect, whose shoulders are rounded, whose face is big, whose legs are thick, who are short, or who are thick around the middle, it is important to use these traits to one’s advantage. By wearing black, Mitsuko can brighten her dreams. This film was made to introduce wool knit fashions and to leave the impression of the advantages and pleasures of wearing wool, as well as to enlighten people with basic knowledge about clothing and accessories. It is an enjoyable musical fantasy PR piece aimed at the general consumer.



• Kamei Fumio Retrospective [Pre-War Works] Hiking Song | Shape without Shape | An Introduction to Radio: The Audience | School Broadcasting | The Geology of Fuji | Airspace [Pre-War Documentary Films] Shanghai | Peking | Fighting Soldiers | Kobayashi Issa [Post-War Documentary Films] A Japanese Tragedy | Children of the Base | The People of Sunagawa | Wheat Will Never Fall | Still It’s Good to Live | Record of Blood: Sunagawa | The World Is Terrified: The Reality of the “Ash of Death” | Living in a Rough Sea | Fluttering Pigeons | Voice of Hiroshima | Men Are All Brothers | Towards a World without Arms | All Must Live: People, Insects and Birds | All Living Things Are Friends—Lullabies of Birds, Insects and Fish [Feature Films] War and Peace | A Woman’s Life | Become a Mother, Become a Woman | Woman Walking Alone on the Earth [PR and Educational Films] Poem of Life | Invitation to Japanese Architecture | Penmanship | Quiet Construction Methods | Living with Ideas: A Profile of Sharp | Let’s Weave a Rainbow | Hong Kong, Taipei | Norihei Travel Manners | The Southern Cross Is Calling | Wishing for Tomorrow’s Happiness [Other Works] Underwear Makes the Woman | The Models and the Photographer | Kamei on Kamei: A Record of Yesterday’s Film Production Discussion Group | Human Conceit: The World of Director Kamei Fumio