Kijaku Ôtani
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 30, 1878
Deathday: July 28, 1941
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Nabeshima kaibyô
Overview: Film about Ghost-Cat.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1917-04-14
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Shibukawa Bangorō
Overview: A film on the life of Shibukawa Bangorō, the founder of the Shibukawa-ryū school of jūjutsu. To paraphrase Satō Tadao’s blurb on the back cover of the video, this is an important film for three reasons. 1. it is an almost perfectly well preserved copy of one of only a few full-length movies still available of the first superstar in Japanese cinema history, the very famous Onoe Matsunosuke. 2. it uses a method that was common in the silent era, the dyeing/tinting of film to mark given moments of day (for ex., blue for night-time) or given situations (for ex., red for fire) – and even though most films that used this technique have been redeveloped in straight b&w, this one is available in its original form. 3. it is an early SFX (special effects) movie that uses the basic tools of the trade - a great action movie full of swordsmanship and monsters (bakemono).
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1922-05-05
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Kaidan chibusa enoki
Overview: Japanese horror movie from 1917.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1917-07-13
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Jiraiya the Hero
Overview: Jiraiya is some sort of super-ninja with superpowers. He can fly, he can avoid detection by turning himself into a toad, and he has some sort of ability to vanish.
Genres: Action Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1921-02-01
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Zōho kaitei Chūshingura
Overview: The legendary tale of the forty-seven samurai and their mission to avenge the death of their master.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1927-09-01
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Iwami Jûtarô
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Genres: Horror
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1924-01-01
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Iwami Jûtarô
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Genres: Horror
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1917-07-13
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The 47 Loyal Ronin
Overview: An adventure film with Benshi performers. Sometimes considered the 'first Japanese feature film', it survives today as a compilation of scenes from various different 1910s adaptations totaling nearly three hours in length. The bulk of the content comes from the 1911 adaptation by legendary Japanese filmmaker Makino Shozo.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1910-12-01
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