Cinema  of  Japan

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here on page 1: books about Japanese cinema filmmakers of Japan actors & others of Japan links on page 2: {top of page} movies of Japan samurai genre yakuza genre 'Chushingura' 'Godzilla' series selected movies 1950s • 1970s RECENT movies & coming soon

Japanese Films on DVD at Amazon.com
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Cinema of Japan at Wikipedia

Japanese Movie Database { in Japanese }

Books  About  Manga  &  Anime  &  Japanese  Cinema

	"The Japanese Film: Art & Industry" [1983] by Joseph L. Anderson & Donald Richie Princeton Univ Press 8½x5½ pb [2/83] for $25.05 Princeton Univ Press hardcover [2/83] out of print/used
	"Archetypes In Japanese Film: The Sociopolitical and Religious Significance of The Principal Heroes & Heroines" [1989] by Gregory Barrett Susquehanna Univ Press 10x7 hardcover [6/89] out of print/scarce
	"Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo!: The Incredible World of Japanese Fantasy Films" [1998] by Stuart Galbraith IV Feral House 8¼x10 pb [5/98] out of print/used
	"Japanese Cinema: The Essential Handbook" [1998] by Thomas Weisser & Yuko Mihara Weisser Vital Books 8¼x5½ pb [8/98] for $19.36
	"Contemporary Japanese Film" [1999] by Mark Schilling Weatherhill 9x6 pb [10/99] for $16.47
	"Word and Image In Japanese Cinema" [2000] Edited by Dennis Washburn & Carole Cavanaugh Cambridge Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/2000] for $110.00
	"The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide To Japanese Animation Since 1917" [2001] by Jonathan Clements & Helen McCarthy Stone Bridge Press 9x7 pb [rev 11/2006] for $20.67 Stone Bridge Press 9x7 pb [9/2001] for $18.96
	"A Hundred Years of Japanese Film" [2002] by Donald Richie Oxford Univ Press revised edition 9x6¼ pb [8/2005] for $14.96 Kodansha 8½x7 hardcover [2/2002] for $30.00
	"Japanese Movie Posters: Yakuza, Monster, Pink & Horror" [2003] by Chuck Stephens, Tetsuya Masuda & Kairakutei Black D.H. Publng 12x8¼ pb [9/2003] for $13.57
	"The Cinema of Japan and Korea (24 Frames Series)" [2004] Edited by Justin Bowyer Wallflower Press 9x7½ pb [9/2004] for $29.50 Wallflower Press 9¼x7½ hardcover [12/2004] for $80.00
	"The Midnight Eye Guide To New Japanese Film" [2004] by Tom Mes & Jasper Sharp Stone Bridge Press 9x7 pb [10/2004] for $16.29 Midnight Eye website
	"A New History of Japanese Cinema: A Century Of Narrative Film" [2005] by Isolde Standish Continuum International Publng 8½x5½ pb [5/2006] for $26.80 Continuum International Publng 9x6¼ hardcover [4/2005] for $47.29
	"Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film" [2005] by Chris Desjardins I.B. Tauris 9¾x7 pb [7/2005] for $15.56 I.B. Tauris 10x7 hardcover [7/2005] for $69.95
	"Reading A Japanese Film: Cinema in Context" [2005] by Keiko I. McDonald Univ Hawaii Press 8x6 pb [10/2005] out of print/used Univ Hawaii Press 9x6 hardcover [8/2005] for $37.50
	"The Japanese Period Film: A Critical Analysis" [2007] by S.A. Thornton, Foreword by Donald Richie McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [10/2007] for $35.95
	"Japanese Cinema: Texts and Contexts: [2007] Edited by Alastair Phillips & Julian Stringer Routledge 9x6 pb [12/2007] for $32.35 Routledge 9x6¼ hardcover [12/2007] for $140.00
	"One Thousand Years of Manga" [2008] by Brigette Koyama-Richard Flammarion 11x9½ hardcover [2/2008] for $34.46
	"The Toho Studios Story: The History and Complete Filmography" [2008] by Stuart Galbraith IV Scarecrow Press 11x8¾ hardcover [5/2008] for $120.00
	"Introduction To Japanese Horror Film" [2008] by Colette Balmain Edinburgh Univ Press 9¼x6pb [10/2008] for $32.03 Edinburgh Univ Press 9x6¼ hardcover [3/2009] for $115.00 {sic}
	"A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From The Silent Era To The Present Day" [2008] by Alexander Jacoby, Foreword by Donald Richie subject directors include Yutaka Abe, Kinji Fukasaku, Juzo Itami, Akira Kurosawa, Takashi Miike, Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujiro Ozu, Yoji Yamada & Isao Yukisada Stone Bridge Press 9x6 pb [10/2008] for $16.76
	"The Japanification of Children's Popular Culture: From Godzilla To Miyazaki" [2008] Edited by Mark I. West Scarecrow Press 8½x6 pb [10/2008] for $40.07 Magic Lantern's 'Godzilla' Movies Page Magic Lantern's Hayao Miyazaki Page
	"500 Essential Anime Movies: The Ultimate Guide" [2009] by Helen McCarthy Harper Design 8x6 pb [1/2009] for $24.95 Collins Design 7¾x6 bargain price pb [1/2009] for $9.98
	"The Culture of Japanese Fascism" [2009] Edited by Alan Tansman The book includes two chapters on pre-war Japanese cinema. Duke Univ Press 9x6 pb [3/2009] for $19.96 Duke Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2009] for $99.95 see also the Barbarians & Fascists Pages at Working Minds Philosophy website
	"The Martial Arts Book" [YA ages 11 & up; 2010] by Laura Scandiffio, Art by Nicolas Debon Annick Press 10½x8½ pb [8/2010] for $13.45 Annick Press hardcover [8/2010] out of print/used
	"Japanese Animation: From Painted Scrolls To Pokémon" [2010] by Brigette Koyama-Richard Flammarion-Pere Castor 11¾x9 hardcover [10/2010] for $35.03
	"Japanese Animation: Time Out of Mind" [2010] by Chris Robinson Indiana Univ Press 9x6 pb [12/2010] for $22.76 see also Magic Lantern's Animation Pages
	"Classical Japanese Cinema Revisited: A New Look At The Canon" [2011] by Catherine Russell Continuum 8¾x6 pb [6/2011] for $22.07 Continuum 9x6¼ hardcover [6/2011] for $90.00
	"World Film Locations: Tokyo" [2011] by Chris MaGee Series book spotlights fifty location-specific scenes from classic & contemporary films shot in Tokyo, with particular emphasis on filmmakers such as Akira Kurosawa, Samuel Fuller & Sofia Coppola Intellect Books U.K. 9¾x6 pb [8/2011] for $12.24

"Mangatopia: Essays On Manga and Anime In The Modern World" [10/2011] by Martha Cornog & Timothy Perper
http://www.amazon.com/Mangatopia-Essays-Manga-Anime-Modern/dp/1591589088/

"Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews" [5/2011] by Fred Patten & Carl Macek
http://www.amazon.com/Watching-Anime-Reading-Manga-ebook/dp/B004ZGZBDG/

	"An Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films" [2016] by Nobuhiro Ogata, Jr. CreateSpace 11x8½ pb [2/2016] for $39.95
	"The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films" [2016] Edited by Salvador Murguia Kindle Edition from Rowman & Littlefield [7/2016] for $69.82 {sic} Rowman & Littlefield 10¼x7½ hardcover [7/2016] for $85.41 {sic}
	"Apocalypse Then: American and Japanese Atomic Cinema, 1951-1967" [2017] by Mike Bogue, Foreword by Allen A. Debus Kindle Edition from McFarland [8/2017] for $11.99 McFarland 10½x7¼ pb [8/2017] for $39.95 more info on the Atomic Film Festival Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
	"Terror of The Lost Tokusatsu Films: From The Files of The Big Book of Japanese   Giant Monster Movies" [2018] by John LeMay, Foreword by Colin McMahon Kindle Edition from Bicep Books [5/2018] for $7.95 CreateSpace 8½x5&frac pb [5/2018] for $16.95

Books on Foreign Cinema   •   Books on Asian Cinema   •   Books on Canadian Cinema
Books on Chinese Cinema   •   Books on French Cinema   •   Books on German Cinema
Books on Cinema of India   •   Books on Italian Cinema
Books on Mexican Cinema   •   Books on Russian Cinema   •   Books on Cinema of Spain

Japanese  Filmmakers

NOTE: Oscar Awards for Best Foreign Language Film are not attributed
by A.M.P.A.S. or IMDb to the director or producer, but to the country of origin.

Foreign Filmmakers   •   Filmmakers of Asia   •   Filmmakers of Canada
Filmmakers of China   •   Filmmakers of France
Filmmakers of Germany   •   Filmmakers of India   •   Filmmakers of Italy
Filmmakers of Mexico   •   Filmmakers of Russia   •   Filmmakers of Spain

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Yutaka  Abe [1895-1977]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"The Makioka Sisters" [1950]

Kinji  Fukasaku [1930-2003]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

director  Yasuo  Furuhata
IMDb listing

director  Ishiro Honda []
http://www.amazon.com/Mushroom-Clouds-Men-Fantastic-Cinema/dp/1449027717/

director  Kon  Ichikawa
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

director  Shohei  Imamura  [1926-2006]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Shohei Imamura screenings [2007] at Northwest Film Forum in Seattle, WA

"Stolen Desire" [1958]
"Endless Desire" [1958]
"Pigs and Battleships" [1961]
"The Insect Woman" [1963]
"Intentions of Murder" [1964]
"The Pornographers" [1966]
"A Man Vanishes" [1967]
"The Profound Desire of The Gods" [1968]
"A History of Postwar Japan As Told By A Bar Hostess" [1970]
"Karayuki-san: The Making of A Prostitute" [1975]
"Vengeance Is Mine" [1979]
"Eijanaika" [1981]
"Ballad of Narayama" remake [1983]
"Zegen" [1987]
"Black Rain" [1989]
"The Eel" [1997]
"Dr. Akagi" [1998]
"Warm Water Under A Red Bridge" [2001]

"Shohei Imamura's Japan" 6-film traveling exhibition [2007-2008]
"Pigs and Battleships" [1961]
"The Insect Woman" [1963]
"Intentions of Murder" [1964]
"The Pornographers" [1966]
"Eijanaika" [1981]

director  Hiroshi  Inagaki   [1905-80]
browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

'Samurai Trilogy' series: new DVD boxed set | VHS | DVD

director  Juzo  Itami  [1933-97]
videos/DVDs • 'AsiaWeek' obit • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

director  Keisuke  Kinoshita  [1912-98]
IMDb listing • no entry on Wikipedia

"Ballad of Narayama" [1958]
"The River Fuefuki" [1961]

author-performer-director  Takeshi  'Beat'  Kitano
browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Beat Takeshi vs. Takeshi Kitano" [2002] by Casio Abe, translated by William O. Gardner & Takeo Hori Muae/Kaya Press 7½x6 pb [1/2005] for $17.55

"Outrage (Autoreiji): Way of The Modern Yakuza"
[Japan June 2010, Magnet USA Dec 2011]

The chairman of the business-oriented Sanmo-kai clan of Tokyo yakuza learns that a subordinate has aligned with the drug-dealing Murase clan, and events soon lead to a rash of killings while corrupt police stand by. Exec produced, written, directed by & starring Takeshi Kitano; also starring Jun Kunimura, Renji Ishibashi, Sôichirô Kitamura & Tomokazu Miura Region 1 DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia

The sequel "Outrage 2" is already in production [2011] /tt1724962/

animator  Satoshi  Kon
no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb • official website {in Japanese} • Wikipedia

Magic Lantern's director  Akira  Kurosawa  [1910-98] Page Magic Lantern's Kurosawa/Mifune Films Page

director  Kiyoshi  Kurosawa
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Cure [1997] /tt0123948/
"Pulse" [2001] /tt0286751/
"Tokyo Sonata" [2008] /tt0938341/

"Shokuzai {Redemption)" TV mini-series [WoWow-TV Japan Jan 2012]
Based on the book by Minato Kanae; four students witness the brutal murder of their classmate, but cannot
remember the killer’s face; 5-episode mini-series directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
full credits at IMDb • official movie site

director  Takashi  Miike
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Audition"
"Ichi The Killer"
"The City of Lost Souls"
"Ninja Kids!!!" [Shochiku/Warner Bros. 2011] /tt1644655/

"Agitator: The Cinema of Takashi Miike" [2004] by Tom Mes Fab Press pb [6/2006] for $19.77 Fab Press pb [5/2004] out of print/used

"Sukiyaki Western Django: An Epic Tale of Blood, Lust & Greed" [Dentsu-Toei Japan Sept 2007, USA Aug 2008] The white clan and the red clan battle for a hidden treasure in a remote mountain town; a lone gunman drifts into town and both factions compete for his help. {Sounds an awful lot like the Dashiell Hammett "Red Harvest" [1929] - Akira Kurosawa "Yojimbo" [1961] - Coen Bros. "Miller's Crossing" [1990] - Walter Hill "Last Man Standing" [1996] plot structure.} Co-written & directed by Takashi Miike; music by KMoji Endo; starring Hideaki Ito, Koichi Sato, Yusuke Iseya, Masanobu Ando, Takaaki Ishibashi, Yoshino Kimura, Teruyuki Kagawa, Masato Sakai, Quentin Tarantino & Kaori Momoi First Look Pictures widescreen color DVD [11/2008] for $19.99 First Look Pictures color DVD [11/2008] for $19.99 imported Crown soundtrack CD [9/2007] for $49.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site {requires Flash}

director  Kenjo  Misumi  [1921-75]
IMDb listing • no entry at Wikipedia

film series include 'Baby Cart', 'Zatôichi' & 'Nemuri Kyoshiro'

Magic Lantern's animator  Hayao  Miyazaki Page principal at Studio Ghibli of Japan

director  Kenji  Mizoguchi  [1898-1956]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Kenji Mizoguchi screenings [2007] at Northwest Film Forum in Seattle, WA

"Mizoguchi and Japan" [2008] by Mark Le Fanu British Film Institute 9x6¾ pb [1/2008] for $27.95 British Film Institute 9¼x6¾ hardcover [1/2008] for $85.95

"The Life of Oharu" aka "Saikaku Ichidai Onna" [1952] /tt0045112/

director  Yoshitaro  Nomura  [1919-2005]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

	"Zero Focus" aka 'Zero no Shoten' [1961] A week after marriage, the groom leaves on a business trip but does not return; his employer tells the bride that he already returned home; she and her brother set out to find him. Directed by Yoshitaro Nomura; based on a novel by Seicho Matsumoto; starring Yoshiko Kuga, Ineko Arima, Hizuru Takachiho, Koji Nambara, Kô Nishimura, Yoshi Kato & Sadako Sawamura Homevision widescreen b&w DVD [9/2004] for $17.99 full credits from IMDb
	"The Castle of Sand" aka 'Suna no utsuwa' [Shochiku Japan Oct 1974, USA Oct 1975] A homicide detective and his new partner investigate a body dumped in a railroad yard, which is soon identified as a policeman on vacation; considered to be one of the masterpieces of Japanese cinema. Directed by Yoshitaro Nomura; based on a best-selling novel by Seicho Matsumoto; starring Tetsuro Tamba, Kensaku Morita, Go Kato, Ken Ogata, Yôko Shimada, Karin Yamaguchi, Seiji Matsuyama & Yoshi Kato; won Kinema Junpo awards for Best Director & Best Script Panorama color DVD [6/2007] for $23.49 full credits from IMDb + 2004 Japan tv series: series credits at IMDb "Inspector Imanishi Investigates" [1961 bestseller novel] Soho Crime 7½x5 pb [11/94] for $10.01
	"The Demon" aka 'Kichiku' [Shochiku Japan Oct 1978, USA June 1979] "They'd be better off with strangers" When a husband stops providing his long-time lover with enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, she leaves the children with him and his very surprised and angry wife - and then disappears. Directed by Yoshitaro Nomura; script by Masato Ide, based on a story by Seicho Matsumoto; starring Ken Ogata, Shima Iwashita & Mayumi Ogawa; won Best Director & Best Actor Awards of the Japanese Academy, won Best Actor Award from Kinema Junpo Homevision widescreen color DVD [9/2004] for $17.99 full credits from IMDb
	"Haitatsu Sarenai Santsu no Tegami" aka "The Three Undelivered Letters" [Shôchiku Eiga Japan Oct 1979, USA Dec 1980] Story based on Ellery Queen's 1942 novel "Calamity Town", but apparently not containing Ellery or any detective character; someone is poisoning people in a town, and members of the leading family are among the chief suspects. Produced & directed by Yoshitaro Nomura; adapted by Kaneto Shindô; starring Shin Saburi, Nobuko Otowa, Mayumi Ogawa, Komaki Kurihara, Keiko Matsuzaka, Takao Kataoka & Ai Kanzaki; Mayumi Ogawa won Japan Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb

Kihachi  Okamoto  [1923-2005]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Nagisa  Oshima [1932-2013]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Magic Lantern's
Yasujiro  Ozu  [1903-63] Page

"I want to make people feel without resorting to drama."  — Yasujiro Ozu

director  Hiroshi  Shimizu   [1903-66]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Eclipse Series 15: Travels With Hiroshi Shimizu" DVD Box Set [2009] includes "Japanese Girls At The Harbour" [1933 silent film], "Mr. Thank You (Arigatô-San)" [1936], "The Masseurs and A Woman" 1938, and "Ornamental Hairpin" 1941 Criterion Collection b&w DVD set [3/2009] 4 disks for $29.99 Criterion Collection b&w DVD set [3/2009] 4 disks - out of prodn/used

director  Kaneto  Shindo   [1903-66]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Seijun  Suzuki
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Branded To Thrill: The Delirious Cinema of Suzuki Seijun" [1994]
by Simon Field & Tony Rayns
British Film Institute 8¼x8 pb [4/95] out of print/rare

animator  Isao Takahata
credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

principal at Studio Ghibli of Japan

Yojiro  Takita
IMDb listing • Wikipedia
Relatively unknown until recently, when his hit movie "Departures {Okuribito)" won Oscar for Best Foreign Film
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departures_(film)

Hiroshi Teshigahara  [1927-2001]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Three Films By Hiroshi Teshigahara" [2007] Criterion Collection b&w DVD set [7/2007] 4 disks for $54.99 includes "Pitfall" [1962] directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara; script by Kôbô Abe, based on his novel; starring Hisashi Igawa, Sumie Sasaki, Sen Yano, Hideo Kanze, Kunie Tanaka, Kei Sato & Kazuo Miyahara; "Woman In The Dunes" [1964] directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara; script by Kôbô Abe, based on his novel; starring Eiji Okada, Kyôko Kishida & Hiroko Ito; Oscar nominations for Best Foreign Language Film & Best Director; and "The Face Of Another" [1966] directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara; script by Kôbô Abe, based on his novel; starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Machiko Kyô, Mikijiro Hira, Kyôko Kishida, Eiji Okada & Miki Irie

"Antonio Gaudí" [indep 1984] Co-produced, directed & edited by Hiroshi Teshigahara Criterion Collection color DVD [3/2008] 2 disks for $34.99 full credits at IMDb Wikipedia entry on Spanish architect Antonio Gaudí [1852-1926]

Yoji Yamada
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Isao Yukisada
IMDb listing

Actors  &  Others  of  Japan

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Kiyoshi  Atsumi  [1928-96]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

'Tora-San' series on IMDb

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Haruka  Ayase
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

officiial Haruka Ayase website {in Japanese}
H.S.P. Haruka Ayase fansite {in Japanese}
'Ayase Paradise' fansite {in Japanese}

"Ichi" aka "The Blind Swordswoman"
[Shochiku Japan Oct 2008, USA release not scheduled]

A young blind girl who earns her living playing the samisen protects herself with extraordinary sword-fighting skills. Directed by Fumihiko Sori; starring Haruka Ayase, Shido Nakamura, Yôsuke Kubozuka & Takao Osawa Funimation Prodns widescreen color Blu-ray [12/2009] for $19.99 Funimation Prodns widescreen color DVD [12/2009] for $18.99 full credits at IMDb • official movie site {in Japanese} further info on Magic Lantern's Zatô-Ichi Samurai Films Series Page

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Sessue Hayakawa  [1889-1973]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Raizô  Ichikawa  [1931-69]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Shintarô  Katsu  [1931-97]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

'Zatôichi The Blind Swordsman' Film Series Page

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actress Keiko Kitagawa

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  Mako  {Iwamatsu}  [1933-2006]
IMDb listing • Broadway credits • Wikipedia

co-founder of East West Players theatre company [est. 1965] of Los Angeles, CA

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author Seicho Matsumoto  [1909-92]
Film director Yoshitaro Nomura adapted eight of Matsumoto's novels to film, including
"Castle of Sand" [1974], which is considered to be one of the masterpieces of Japanese cinema.
browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Seicho Matsumoto memorial museum

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actor Toshirô  Mifune  [1920-97]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Magic Lantern's Kurosawa/Mifune Films Page

Toshirô Mifune starred in the original "Seven Samurai" [1954]

B.F.I.'s Toshirô Mifune webpage
Jerry's Toshirô Mifune fansite

"Toshiro Mifune: The Ultimate Collection" [2006] Animeigo widescreen color DVD box set [8/2006] 5 disks - out of prodn/used includes "Samurai Assassin" [1965] directed by Kihachi Okamoto; "Under The Banner of Samurai" 1969] directed by Hiroshi Inagaki; "Akage" [1969] directed by Hiroshi Inagaki; "The Ambush: Incident At Blood Pass" [1970] directed by Hiroshi Inagaki; and "Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo" [1970] directed by Kihachi Okamoto, co-starring Shintarô Katsu

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Tatsuya Nakadai  [b. 1932]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Ken Ogata  [1937-2008]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Matsunosuke Onoe  [1875-1926]
After great success in kabuki theater, he appeared in over 1,000 films, and has been called the first superstar of Japanese cinema.
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Chushin-gura" [1916 silent]
believed to be the oldest still-existing feature film, although the print is incomplete (missing four scenes)

"The Funeral of Matsunosuke Onoe" documentary [1926]

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Takashi  Shimura  [1905-82]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Miiko  Taka
IMDb listing • Wikipedia {empty}

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Ken  Takakura
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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actor Satoshi  Tsumabuki
IMDb listing • official website {in Japanese} • Wikipedia

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actress Aya Ueto
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Movies  of  Japan
Japan's films have received 3 early Honorary Oscar Awards, no Best Foreign Language Oscar® wins,
among 11 Best Foreign Film nominations.
list of Japan's submissions for Oscar consideration

Selected films of:  Asia   •   Canada   •   China   •   France   •   Germany
India   •   Italy   •   Mexico   •   Russia   •   Spain

this section grew large and was split off in August 2018
on page 2: top of page • movies of Japan • samurai genre • yakuza genre • 'Chushingura' • 'Godzilla' series •
selected movies: 1950s • 1970s • RECENT movies & coming soon

Japanese  Movie  Studios

Kadokawa Herald Pictures [est. 1942]
Japanese-language website • Wikipedia

	official Studio Ghibli website [in Japanese] Team Ghiblink's fansite

Toho Company Ltd. official website Toho Kingdom fansite

Links  About  Japanese  Cinema
Magic Lantern's Box Office Hits Pages / Japan Section
Japanese Movie Database {Japanese character-set}
Foreign Films [dot] com - Best Japanese Films on DVD
Yahoo! Japan Movies
Japanese Film Studies website at Cornell University
Marty Gross Films - distributors of Japanese art films
Tom Mes's 'Midnight Eye'
Society For The Promotion of Japanese Animation [est. 1991]

G.E. Nordell's Travel & Business Links of Japan Page

here on the Cinema of Japan Pages at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store

on page 1: top of page • books about Japanese cinema • filmmakers of Japan • actors & others of Japan • links

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selected movies: 1950s • 1970s • RECENT movies & coming soon

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