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An incomplete list of the earliest films produced in Japan ordered by year between the 1898 and 1909. For an A-Z of films see Category:Japanese films.
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An incomplete list of the earliest films produced in Japan ordered by year between the 1898 and 1909. For an A-Z of films see Category:Japanese films.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | ||||||
| Nuno sarashi | Short Documentary | |||||
| 1899 | ||||||
| Momijigari | Shibata Tsunekichi | Onoe Kikugoro V, Ichikawa Danjūrō IX | Kabuki | Designated an Important Cultural Property in 2009. [1] | ||
| Osaka Dōtonbori no Zu | ||||||
| Osaka Maiko no Odori | ||||||
| Kappore | ||||||
| Ginza Machi Jikkei | ||||||
| Genroku Hanami Odori | ||||||
| Koyo no Hashi | Atari Musashiya Rokusuke Fukunakamuraya | Cinematography by Shiro Asano | ||||
| Shin Kanoko | Botan Hinoya Kaneko Numataya | Cinematography by Shiro Asano | ||||
| Asakusa Nakamise | Cinematography by Shiro Asano | |||||
| 1908 | ||||||
| Taikoki judanme | Sakiji Ichikawa, Kasen Nakamura, Utae Nakamura | Studio: M. Pathe. 17-minute print extant. [2] | ||||
| 1909 | ||||||
| Goban tadanobu | Shozo Makino | Matsunosuke Onoe, Ichitaro Kataoka, Kitsuraku Arashi | ||||
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