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Picture of Three Geisha of Gion, Kyoto, Dancing Sarashinuno

Japanese Movie - 1898

5.6

Filmed in January 1898 and is thought to be the first film portraying Japanese people. It is a film of Geisha performing the Cloth Bleaching Dance (literal translation).

A Street in Tokyo 2

Japanese Movie - 1898

2.0

Carts, pedestrians and an omnibus on the street. ~~ Filmed in Honshu, Ginza district, Tokyo, Japan.

A Public Square in Tokyo

Japanese Movie - 1898

7.3

Location: Japan, Tokyo, near the Imperial Palace, Honshu Pedestrian traffic on the square.

Tokyo Railway Station

Japanese Movie - 1898

3.5

Rickshaw, streetcar and pedestrian traffic.

Burglar

Japanese Movie - 1898

2.0

A simple story about a burglar who breaks into a student's room, sleeping at his desk and suddenly awaken by the intruder's presence.

Though there are no records of the cast, crew, or plot of Bake Jizo, it was likely based on the Japanese legend of Jizo statues, believed to provide safety and protection. The presence of the word bake—which can be…

Resurrection of a Corpse

Japanese Movie - 1898

2.0

Shinin No Sosei told the story of a dead man who comes back to life, having fallen from a coffin that two men were carrying. Hatta himself played the dead man, while the coffin-bearers were played by Konishi employees…

Geisha Hand Dance

Japanese Movie - 1899

2.0

Hauta Sedo Nodan Hata

Japanese Movie - 1899

Shimizu Sadakichi: Inazuma Goto

Japanese Movie - 1899

3.5

'Armed Robber Shimizu Sadakicchi' is considered Japan's debut film and came on the heels of the country obtaining its first film camera. It famously was only a couple of minutes' long as its film reel was only seventy…

Futari Dojoji

Japanese Movie - 1899

2.0

A dance extracted from the play Hana Kiso Ninin Dojoji (Two people at Dojo Temple), which was being performed by Eizaburo Onoe, later known as Baiko Onoe VI and Kakitsu Ichimura, later Uzaemon Ichimura XV, at the Kabuki-za.