Japanese films: 1898 – 1919
An incomplete list of the earliest films produced in Japan ordered by year between the 1898 and 1919. For an A-Z of films see Category:Japanese films.
1898-1909
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| 1898 |
| Nuno sarashi |
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Short Documentary |
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| 1899 |
| Osaka Doutombori no Zu |
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| Osaka Maiko no Odori |
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| Kappore |
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| Ginza Machi Jikkei |
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| Genroku Hanami Odori |
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| Koyo no Hashi |
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Atari Musashiya
Rokusuke Fukunakamuraya |
Cinematography by Shiro Asano |
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| Shin Kanoko |
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Botan Hinoya
Kaneko Numataya |
Cinematography by Shiro Asano |
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| Asakusa Nakamise |
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Cinematography by Shiro Asano |
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| 1900 |
| ' |
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| 1901 |
| ' |
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| 1902 |
| ' |
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| 1903 |
| ' |
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| 1904 |
| ' |
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| 1905 |
| ' |
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| 1906 |
| ' |
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| 1907 |
| ' |
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| 1908 |
| Taikoki judanme |
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Sakiji Ichikawa, Kasen Nakamura, Utae Nakamura |
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| 1909 |
| Goban tadanobu |
Shozo Makino |
Matsunosuke Onoe, Ichitaro Kataoka, Kitsuraku Arashi |
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1910
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| 1910 |
| Kyokotsu danji Ôshio Heihachiro |
Shozo Makino |
Matsunosuke Onoe |
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| Keian taiheiki yui shosetsu |
Shozo Makino |
Matsunosuke Onoe |
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| Ishiyama gunki |
Shozo Makino |
Matsunosuke Onoe |
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| Kansei soga |
Shozo Makino |
Matsunosuke Onoe |
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| Kimura Nagatonokami Shigenari |
Shozo Makino |
Matsunosuke Onoe |
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| Ôishi Kuranosuke ichidaiki |
Shozo Makino |
Matsunosuke Onoe |
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| Tokugawa tenichibo |
Shozo Makino |
Matsunosuke Onoe |
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| Chushingura godanme |
Shozo Makino |
Matsunosuke Onoe |
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| Sanjusangendo to yurai |
Shozo Makino |
Matsunosuke Onoe |
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| Isshin tasuke |
Shozo Makino |
Matsunosuke Onoe |
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| Shonanko |
Shozo Makino |
Matsunosuke Onoe |
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| Byakkotai |
Shozo Makino |
Matsunosuke Onoe |
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| Ôta Dôkan |
Shozo Makino |
Matsunosuke Onoe |
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| Chibusa no Enoki |
Shozo Makino |
Matsunosuke Onoe |
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| Tenka chaya |
Shozo Makino |
Matsunosuke Onoe |
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| Utsunomiya tsuritenjo |
Shozo Makino |
Matsunosuke Onoe |
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| Horibe yasuebi |
Shozo Makino |
Matsunosuke Onoe |
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| Sanada yukimura |
Shozo Makino |
Matsunosuke Onoe |
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| Otaka gengo |
Shozo Makino |
Matsunosuke Onoe |
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1911
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| 1911 |
| Soga kyodai ichidaiki |
Shozo Makino |
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| Kyokyaku yuten kichimatsu |
Shozo Makino |
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| Komamonoya hikobei |
Shozo Makino |
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| Higo no komageta |
Shozo Makino |
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| Jitsuroku sendaihagi |
Shozo Makino |
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| Seiryoko tomigoro |
Shozo Makino |
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| Mikazuki Jirokichi |
Shozo Makino |
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| Echigo denkichi |
Shozo Makino |
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| Shinzo kyodai |
Shozo Makino |
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| Saigo takamori seinan senso |
Shozo Makino |
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| Kawanakajima gassen |
Shozo Makino |
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| Yasaku no kamabara |
Shozo Makino |
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| Nigaigasa yagyu matajuro |
Shozo Makino |
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| Chujo hime |
Shozo Makino |
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| Rashomon |
Shozo Makino |
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| Katsuragawa rikizo |
Shozo Makino |
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| Sendai sodo |
Shozo Makino |
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| Yamanaka shikanosuke |
Shozo Makino |
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| Akita giminden |
Shozo Makino |
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| Yanagawa shohachi |
Shozo Makino |
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| Abe bungonokami norikiri |
Shozo Makino |
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| Iwami shigetaro |
Shozo Makino |
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| Sasano gonzaburo |
Shozo Makino |
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| Araki mataemon |
Shozo Makino |
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| Amakusa sodo |
Shozo Makino |
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| Sekiguchi yataro |
Shozo Makino |
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| Shimizu no Jirochô |
Shozo Makino |
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| Shinkageryu no tatsujin tsukahara bokuden |
Shozo Makino |
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| Anchu kusasaburo |
Shozo Makino |
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1912
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| 1912 |
| Ii kamonnakami zentoshi |
Shozo Makino |
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| Takeda Kôunsai |
Shozo Makino |
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| Yûfu sarashina Aigi Morinosuke |
Shozo Makino |
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| Fuwa Kazuemon |
Shozo Makino |
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| Gosunkugi Torakichi |
Shozo Makino |
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| Isshin tasuke |
Shozo Makino |
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| Tsukushi Ichibei |
Shozo Makino |
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| Tsukushi Ichibei |
Shozo Makino |
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| Gôketsu Ban Dan'emon |
Shozo Makino |
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| Gosunkugi torakichi |
Shozo Makino |
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| Onna kyôkyaku Tamagawa |
Shozo Makino |
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| Oyoshi |
Shozo Makino |
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| Kanzaki Yogorô yônen jidai |
Shozo Makino |
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| Azekura Jûshirô |
Shozo Makino |
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| Sakura Sôgorô |
Shozo Makino |
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| Kyôkyaku Kozaru Shichinosuke |
Shozo Makino |
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| Akashi Shiganosuke |
Shozo Makino |
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| Fukagawa fudeya Sachibei |
Shozo Makino |
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| Mito Kômon junyûki |
Shozo Makino |
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| Kagamiyama jitsuki |
Shozo Makino |
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| Shiobara Tasuke ichidaiki |
Shozo Makino |
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| Kaga sodo |
Shozo Makino |
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| Sahara Kisaburô |
Shozo Makino |
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| Tamiya Bôtaro Konpira rishôki |
Shozo Makino |
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| Ishikawa Goemon ichidaiki |
Shozo Makino |
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| Sano Shikajûrô |
Shozo Makino |
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| Aizu no Kotetsu |
Shozo Makino |
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| Nippon nankyoku tanken |
Shozo Makino |
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| Nihon zaemon |
Shozo Makino |
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| Tabakoya Kihachi |
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| Nezumi kozo |
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| Sano Jirôzaemon |
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| Tomoe no Oman |
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| Koganei Jûjirô |
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| Tonosama genji |
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| Kinokuniya bunzaemon |
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| Kumasaka chohan |
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| Kannon tanji |
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| Onikojima Yatarô |
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| Taira Shinnô Masakado |
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| Tokugawa tenichibo |
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| Koya no gijin |
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| Hanagasa Bunshichi |
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| Kyubi no kitsune |
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| Yotsuya kaidan |
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| Chûshingura |
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| Nogi shogun to shogai |
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| Arao josuke |
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| Yodoya Tatsugorô |
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| Akushichibei Kagekiyo |
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| Shin nihon |
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December 13 |
| Ryûjin Otama |
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| Zigomar contre Nick Carter |
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1913
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| 1913 |
| Hakkenden |
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January 21 |
| Tsurugi no denji |
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| Tanuma sodo |
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| Shaka hassoki |
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| Karainu Gonbei |
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| Mikazuki Jirokichi kohen |
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| Mikazuki Jirokichi zenpen |
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| Kawanakajima |
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| Kanzaki Yogorô |
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| Iwami Jûtarô ichidaiki |
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| Yanagisawa sodo |
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| Matsumaeya gorobei |
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| Araki Mataemon |
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| Sanada manyûki |
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| Sanada manyûki |
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| Sarashina Otama |
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| Daianji tsutsumi |
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May 15 |
| Chôshi no Gorozô |
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June 1 |
| Katayama Manzô |
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| Sakuragi Ochô |
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| Kaminari yoshigoro |
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| Sakura Sôgorô |
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| Ôishi Kuranosuke ichidai |
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| Araoni Shinpachi |
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| Fuwa Kazuemon |
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| Murakumo Ohide |
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| Musume taihai daimyo Ohatsu |
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| Asahi Gengorô |
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| Izutsu Menosuke |
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| Shashin no adauchi |
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| Yui to marubashi |
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| Mongaku shohin ichidaiki |
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| Okubo tenka manyuki |
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| Owari Kunimaru |
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| Tokugawa tenichibo |
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| Yakko no Ohatsu |
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| Sakura Sôgorô |
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| Chûshingura |
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| Protéa |
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| Tokugawa Yoshinobu kô ichidaiki |
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December 22 |
1914
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| 1914 |
| Arima gennosuke |
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| Chūshingura |
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| Jiraiya |
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| Kabuto no hoshikage |
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| Hashiba no chokichi |
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| Kogitsune reizo |
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| Kume no heinai |
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| Kunisada chuji nikko enzo to kunisada chuji |
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| Minamoto yorimitsu yokai taiji |
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| Miyamoto Musashi |
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| Sakamoto Ryuma |
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| Tenjiku Tokubei |
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| Tsuchi gumo |
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| Tengu kaijo |
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1915-1919
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| 1915 |
| Ishii genhachiro |
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| Kaisoden |
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April 5 |
| Oomaeda eigorô |
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May 7 |
| Shibukawa Bangorô |
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June 3 |
| Yuten kichimatsu |
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July 4 |
| Hatamoto gonin otoko |
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| 1916 |
| Kurushima genbâ |
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Matsunosuke Onoe, Utae Nakamura, Chosei Kataoka, Kijaku Otani, Sennosuke Nakamura |
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| Yoshiôka kanefusa |
Yaroku Kobayashi |
Matsunosuke Onoe, Sennosuke Nakamura, Kitsuraku Arashi, Kijaku Otani, Utae Nakamura, Chosei Kataoka |
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| 1917 |
| Sarukani-gassen |
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| Yukan uri |
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| Ukare kokyu |
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| 1918 |
| ' |
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| 1919 |
| Awaremi no kyoku |
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| Miyama no otome |
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