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| 1897 | ||||
| Feb - | Edison and Lumiere projectors make their debuts within a week of each other. [MORE] | |||
| 1899 | ||||
| 28/11 - | Tsunekichi Shibata films a segment of the kabuki version of the Noh drama Momijigari, (Maple Viewing). [MORE] | |||
| 1903 | ||||
| Oct - | The country’s first cinema opens in Asakusa, Tokyo. Cinemas became known as denki-kan (Electric Theatre) [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| – Komatsu, the country’s first production company, begins trading. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1904 | ||||
| Mar - | Yoshizawa Shoten and Yokota Shokai send camera teams to the front to film the events of the Russo-Japanese War. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1905 | ||||
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– Yokota Shokai founds a film studio in Kyoto. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1906 | ||||
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Shokichi Umeya founds M Pathe. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1908 | ||||
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Kenichi Kawaura of Yoshizawa Company opens the country’s first film studio in the Meguro district of Tokyo after visiting Thomas Edison in the United States. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| Aug - | Honnoji Gassen, the first film directed by Makino Shozo, is released. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
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– Pathe builds a film studio at Okubo, Tokyo, while the Yokota Company builds one in Kyoto. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| – Japan’s first newsreel, Daimai News, is established. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| Japan 1908: Other Films of Note | ||||
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Dawn at the Soga Brothers’ Hunting Grounds (Shochiki Umeya) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1909 | ||||
| Japan 1909: Other Films of Note | ||||
| The Cuckoo – New Version (Shisetsu Iwafuji) [MORE] [ADD] |