1931年創立の劇団前進座は、やがて映画にも進出。34年には久保栄の「新選組」を連鎖劇として企画するが実現しなかった。その後、日活やP.C.L.とも提携して次々と傑作を送り出す中で、第9作となるのが映画『新選組』（1937）だが、並行して企画されたのが新橋演舞場での連鎖劇「新選組」上演である。当館が2004年に受贈した前進座旧蔵の連鎖劇用・可燃性ポジから同年に不燃化したプリントを上映する。演舞場での公開以来、戦後初上映となる。
The theater troupe Zenshinza, founded in 1931, eventually expanded into film. In 1934, they planned a chain drama adaptation of Sakae Kubo's Shinsengumi, but it was never realized. Later, while partnering with Nikkatsu and P.C.L. to produce a string of masterpieces, their ninth film was Shinsengumi (1937), and planned in parallel was a chain drama performance of Shinsengumi at the Shimbashi Embujo. This screening presents a print made in 2004 from flammable positive film for chain drama use that had been donated to the museum in 2004 from Zenshinza's former collection, which was converted to non-flammable stock that same year. It is the first public screening since its original run at the Embujo.
Source: cinematokyo.com · Tokyo mini-theater & independent cinema showtimes.