The Beginning of Life
Year
August, 1970
Time
26 min.
Summary
A human cell is dividing. 46 chromosomes are now doubling to 92, each half is moving to the pole, and finally we can see two new bone cells. By this arrangement, the memory of life on the earth has been making a long history as it is being passed down from one generation to another.
The organs in the mother's body, which produce life, the womb, an oviduct, and the ovary , are seen. In the ovary, certain cells are nursing a maternal reproductive cell, an ovum. The ovum is covered with ovarian follicle liquid and protected by the granulose cells. The ovum is growing up and will release from the follicle.
A male testis is cultivating. Here, we can see that a spermatogonium is growing up to a spermatocyte. A spermatocyte grows up to a sperm in two steps: the first division of meiosis and the second division of mitosis. Through the cell maturation, a sperm tail is formed, and breaks through the cell membrane. Now, a spermatocyte becomes a mature spermatozoon.
The ovulation. From the surface of the ovary, the mature ovum spouts out. The cilium inside of fimbriae tubae leads an egg. The egg is leaving from the granule cells and moving through the oviduct. Sperms get into the ostium uteri. They swim against the flow of the cilli in the oviduct and arrive at the huge part of the oviduct, ampulla of the fallopian tube. Sperms and the egg meet here. The meiosis of the egg is completed just before fertilization. The fertilized egg moves toward the womb with repeating division. The fertilized egg termed as blastula reaches the womb. When the villi of the egg combine with the womb mucus, the placenta is begun to form.
The new life is held delicately in the womb. The cell begins to form various organs in the womb by cell division. Neural tubes and the spine are developed and the heart is formed. The first pulsation starts instigating the joy and fear to be born. At the same time, preparation of the next generation, i.e. creation of the germ cells, has already begun.
Our work was the first in the world to record of mammalian generating. When this film was screened at the Academy of Infertility of USA, it caught the attention of the TIME LIFE magazine, which eventually published over 4 pages of information from the film. Moreover, both the PARIS MATCH of France and the SPIGEL of Germany carried out our photographic information one publication after another.
The organs in the mother's body, which produce life, the womb, an oviduct, and the ovary , are seen. In the ovary, certain cells are nursing a maternal reproductive cell, an ovum. The ovum is covered with ovarian follicle liquid and protected by the granulose cells. The ovum is growing up and will release from the follicle.
A male testis is cultivating. Here, we can see that a spermatogonium is growing up to a spermatocyte. A spermatocyte grows up to a sperm in two steps: the first division of meiosis and the second division of mitosis. Through the cell maturation, a sperm tail is formed, and breaks through the cell membrane. Now, a spermatocyte becomes a mature spermatozoon.
The ovulation. From the surface of the ovary, the mature ovum spouts out. The cilium inside of fimbriae tubae leads an egg. The egg is leaving from the granule cells and moving through the oviduct. Sperms get into the ostium uteri. They swim against the flow of the cilli in the oviduct and arrive at the huge part of the oviduct, ampulla of the fallopian tube. Sperms and the egg meet here. The meiosis of the egg is completed just before fertilization. The fertilized egg moves toward the womb with repeating division. The fertilized egg termed as blastula reaches the womb. When the villi of the egg combine with the womb mucus, the placenta is begun to form.
The new life is held delicately in the womb. The cell begins to form various organs in the womb by cell division. Neural tubes and the spine are developed and the heart is formed. The first pulsation starts instigating the joy and fear to be born. At the same time, preparation of the next generation, i.e. creation of the germ cells, has already begun.
Our work was the first in the world to record of mammalian generating. When this film was screened at the Academy of Infertility of USA, it caught the attention of the TIME LIFE magazine, which eventually published over 4 pages of information from the film. Moreover, both the PARIS MATCH of France and the SPIGEL of Germany carried out our photographic information one publication after another.
Awards
1970
The Silver Bacuranium, First Prize in the 15th International Scientific and Educational Film Festival at Padova University in the 31st Venice International Film Festival, ITALY
1971
First Prize in the Category of Documentary, XII Mostra International do Filme Cientifico, Rio de Janeiro, BRAJIL
1971
Gold Plaketu, Jugoslovensko Drustvo Za Sirenje Naucnih Saznanja Nikola Testa, YUGOSLAVIA
1976
The John Muir Memorial Hospital Medical Film Festival Award, USA
1987
Honorary Award, International Scientific Film Festival Beijing, CHINA
1970 ベニス・パドバ国際科学・教育映画祭自然科学・生物部門 第一位賞
1970 科学技術映画祭 優秀作品賞
1970 芸術祭 優秀賞
1970 日本紹介映画コンクール 優秀作品賞
1971 モスクワ国際映画祭 特別招待
1971 ユーゴ・ニコラ・テスラ国際科学映画祭 金賞
1971 リオ・デ・ジャネイロ国際科学映画祭 金賞
1971 国際科学映画協会キエフ大会 特別招待
1972 インド家族計画全国大会 特別招待
1976 ジョン・ミューア・メモリアル・ホスピタル医学映画祭 入賞
1987 北京国際科学教育電影大会 栄誉賞
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The Silver Bacuranium, First Prize in the 15th International Scientific and Educational Film Festival at Padova University in the 31st Venice International Film Festival, ITALY
1971
First Prize in the Category of Documentary, XII Mostra International do Filme Cientifico, Rio de Janeiro, BRAJIL
1971
Gold Plaketu, Jugoslovensko Drustvo Za Sirenje Naucnih Saznanja Nikola Testa, YUGOSLAVIA
1976
The John Muir Memorial Hospital Medical Film Festival Award, USA
1987
Honorary Award, International Scientific Film Festival Beijing, CHINA
1970 ベニス・パドバ国際科学・教育映画祭自然科学・生物部門 第一位賞
1970 科学技術映画祭 優秀作品賞
1970 芸術祭 優秀賞
1970 日本紹介映画コンクール 優秀作品賞
1971 モスクワ国際映画祭 特別招待
1971 ユーゴ・ニコラ・テスラ国際科学映画祭 金賞
1971 リオ・デ・ジャネイロ国際科学映画祭 金賞
1971 国際科学映画協会キエフ大会 特別招待
1972 インド家族計画全国大会 特別招待
1976 ジョン・ミューア・メモリアル・ホスピタル医学映画祭 入賞
1987 北京国際科学教育電影大会 栄誉賞
日本医師会推薦
日本映画ペンクラブ推薦
文部省選定
優秀映画鑑賞会推薦
Planning
Teikoku Hormone Mfg Co.,Ltd.
※The name of a planning company, supervisor and their title is that at the time of completion.
Staff
Director : Takeda, Junichiro
Screenplay : Takeda, Junichiro / Watanabe, Masami
Cinematographer : Takeda, Junichiro
Experiments : Asaka, Tokio
Music : Hori, Etsuko
Narrator : Jyo, Tatsuya
Producer : Hayashi, Rokuro
Screenplay : Takeda, Junichiro / Watanabe, Masami
Cinematographer : Takeda, Junichiro
Experiments : Asaka, Tokio
Music : Hori, Etsuko
Narrator : Jyo, Tatsuya
Producer : Hayashi, Rokuro
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