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| 1912 | ||||
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– The Nippon Katsudoshashin Company (Nikkatsu) is created from a trust formed by Fukuhodo, Pathe, Yokota and Yoshizawa. The company builds the Mukojima studios in Tokyo to make ‘new school’ (Shinpa) films, while ‘old school’ films (Kyuhu) films are made at the former Yokota studio in Kyoto. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Japan 1912: Other Films of Note |
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| 1913 | ||||
| Japan 1913: Other Films of Note | ||||
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The Loyal Forty-Seven Ronin (Shozo Makino) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1914 | ||||
| Mar - | The Tenkatsu film company is formed in Japan. It builds studios in Tokyo and Osaka and produces 15 films per month. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| – Nippon Kinetophone makes a number of short sound films before going out of business. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
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Katusha (Kiyumatsu Hosoyama) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1915 | ||||
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– M. Kashii Films acquires Pathe’s Japanese interests. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1917 | ||||
| Apr - | Two film studios, Nikkatsu and Tenkatsu, begin production of animated films. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| Aug - | The National Police Agency enforce the Motion Picture Rules and Regulations which state that men and women must not sit together in cinemas. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
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Ikeru Shikabane (Eizo Tanaka) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1921 | ||||
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– The Institute for Cinema Studies is founded. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| Japan 1921: Other Films of Note | ||||
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Rojo no Reikon (Minuro Murata) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1922 | ||||
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Niwa no kotori (Teinosuke Kinugasa) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1923 | ||||
| 20/2 - |
Kenjo Mizoguchi’s directorial debut, Kokyo, premieres in Tokyo. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1/9 - |
All film studios are destroyed in an earthquake that decimates the Tokyo and Yokohama regions. The studios work together to make use of Nikkatsu’s old studios in Kyoto. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1926 | ||||
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| 28/2 - |
Kenjo Mizoguchi’s latest offering, Kaminingyo haru no sasayaki (A Paper Doll’s Whisper of Spring) opens in Tokyo. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 24/9 - |
30-year-old Teinosuke Kinugasa's Kurutta Ippeji (A Page of Madness) is released. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1927 | ||||
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Yasujiro Ozu’s first film, Zange no yaiba, is released. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1928 | ||||
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Jujiro (Teinosuke Kinugasa) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1929 | ||||
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Daigaku wa deta keredo (Yasujiro Ozu) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Jujiro (Teinosuke Kinugasa) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1930 | ||||
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Yasujiro Ozu’s Ojosan premieres in Tokyo. [MORE] [ADD] |