List of Japanese films before 1910

An incomplete list of the earliest films produced in Japan ordered by year between the 1898 and 1909. For an A-Z of films see Category:Japanese films.

1898-1909

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1898
Nuno sarashi			Short Documentary
1899
Momijigari	Shibata Tsunekichi	Onoe Kikugoro V, Ichikawa Danjūrō IX	Kabuki	Designated an Important Cultural Property in 2009.^[1]
Osaka Dōtonbori no Zu
Osaka Maiko no Odori
Kappore
Ginza Machi Jikkei
Genroku Hanami Odori
Koyo no Hashi		Atari Musashiya Rokusuke Fukunakamuraya		Cinematography by Shiro Asano
Shin Kanoko		Botan Hinoya Kaneko Numataya		Cinematography by Shiro Asano
Asakusa Nakamise				Cinematography by Shiro Asano
1908
Taikoki judanme		Sakiji Ichikawa, Kasen Nakamura, Utae Nakamura		Studio: M. Pathe. 17-minute print extant.^[2]
1909
Goban tadanobu	Shozo Makino	Matsunosuke Onoe, Ichitaro Kataoka, Kitsuraku Arashi

Pioneering director Shozo Makino
Chushingura godanme 1910

References

^ "Eiga firumu Momijigari". Cultural Heritage Online (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
^ "Kyūgeki taikōki jūdanme Amagasaki no ba" (in Japanese). National Film Center, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Retrieved 30 November 2014.

External links

Japanese film at the Internet Movie Database

[1] "Eiga firumu Momijigari". Cultural Heritage Online (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 9 December 2014.

[2] "Kyūgeki taikōki jūdanme Amagasaki no ba" (in Japanese). National Film Center, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Retrieved 30 November 2014.

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