{"id":49555,"date":"2021-07-08T07:40:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T11:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=49555"},"modified":"2021-07-08T07:40:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T11:40:32","slug":"radio-cameos-in-japanese-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/radio-cameos-in-japanese-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Cameos in Japanese Cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Jon, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Good day,<\/p>\n

I regularly visit the SWLing Post<\/em> and very much appreciate the breadth of content you provide on the shortwave hobby. In between the receiver reviews and stories on broadcaster activities, I much enjoy the pieces showing the radio gear that folks notice in television\/films. Over the course of the COVID19 pandemic, I have been watching a lot of films from Japan, and in the process have spotted quite a few interesting receivers here and there. Below are some photos and details on some of these unsung stars of Japanese cinema. I think that JRC enthusiast Dan Robinson will agree with me that it’s the ensemble cast of JRCs in Virus that steal the show! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

1. Masahiro Shinoda’s 1961 Epitaph to My Love<\/em> opened with a very nice shot of a Sony TR-812 multi-band portable in a scene where a news broadcast is being heard in a bar setting.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.radiomuseum.org\/r\/sony_tr_812_tr812.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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2. A Sony AFM-152J is shown in a contemporary home setting in Hiroshi Teshigahara’s 1966 film The Face of Another<\/em>.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.radiomuseum.org\/r\/sony_fmam_automatic_tuning_radio_esaki_diode_afm_152j.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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3. Kihachi Okamoto’s 1978 sci-fi film Blue Christmas<\/em> featured a brief shot of a Sony ICF-7600 – the first of a legendary line of Sony portables that would carry “7600” in their designation.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.radiomuseum.org\/r\/sony_icf_7600.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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4. There were several radio appearances in Kinji Fukasaku’s 1980 Virus<\/em> – a film that took disaster movies to a new level by depicting both a global pandemic and a nuclear holocaust.<\/p>\n

A range of JRC gear was captured in a scene that was set in a Japanese Antarctic base. Identifiable rigs include the NRD-10 and the NRD-71.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.radiomuseum.org\/r\/jrc_nrd_10nrd1.html<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.rigpix.com\/jrc\/jrc_nrd71.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

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In another scene from the Antarctic base, a Trio (Kenwood) TS-820S is shown powered up.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.radiomuseum.org\/r\/trio_kenwo_ts_820s_ts820s.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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5. Lastly, we have an unidentified tube receiver from Masahiro Shinoda’s Childhood Days<\/em> – an interesting 1990 film about a school aged boy in World War II era Japan who, because of the bombing threat, is sent from his Tokyo home to live in a rural village.<\/p>\n

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Thank you for sharing this, Jon! It’s wonderful to include radio sightings from Japanese cinema in our ever-growing collection of radios in movies<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jon, who writes: Good day, I regularly visit the SWLing Post and very much appreciate the breadth of content you provide on the shortwave hobby. In between the receiver reviews and stories on broadcaster activities, I much enjoy the pieces showing the radio gear that folks notice in television\/films. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,4796],"tags":[9356,9358,9354,5506,9355,9357],"class_list":["post-49555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-vintage-radio","tag-blue-christmas","tag-childhood-days","tag-epitaph-to-my-love","tag-radios-in-movies","tag-the-face-of-another","tag-virus"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cTh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49963,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/fukkatsu-no-hi-emilio-believes-this-post-apocalyptic-japanese-film-has-a-message\/","url_meta":{"origin":49555,"position":0},"title":"Fukkatsu no hi: Emilio believes this post-apocalyptic Japanese film has a message","author":"Thomas","date":"August 13, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Emilio, who writes: Hi Thomas I hope you are healthy. 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This is the link: https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/JPSDROCT2020 The original files are in .wav, archive.org converts them to mp3 and flac.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/KiwiSDR-Japan-e1588953466247.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/KiwiSDR-Japan-e1588953466247.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/KiwiSDR-Japan-e1588953466247.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/KiwiSDR-Japan-e1588953466247.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":46875,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/aprils-collection-of-japanese-language-websdr-recordings-for-november-2020\/","url_meta":{"origin":49555,"position":4},"title":"April\u2019s collection of Japanese language WebSDR recordings for November 2020","author":"Thomas","date":"December 11, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post contributor, April TimeLady, who shares her latest collection of Japanese language WebSDR recordings--this time, for November 2020. 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