Tsuchi (film)

Tsuchi (土), or Earth, is a 1939 film directed by Tomu Uchida. It won the 1940 Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film.

A seriously compromised print of Earth was discovered in Germany in 1968. It suffers from nitrate damage and includes German subtitles. It is missing its first and last reel. The original film was 142 minutes long; this version runs 93 minutes. A 119-minute version of the film, with subtitles in Russian, was discovered in Russia around the turn of the millennium. It too is missing the last reel.