A History of Japanese Film by Year:
1896-1909 - First Stirrings
1910-1919 - Development
1920-1929 - Art Films and Nihilistic Heroes
1930-1939 - Social Realism and Shoshimin-Eiga
1940-1949 - Censorship during War and Occupation
1950-1954 - Golden Age of the Classical Studio System
1955-1959 - Taiyozoku and other Youth Films
1960-1964 - The New Wave
1965-1969 - Independent Productions
1970-1974 - Sex and Violence
1975-1979 - Decline and Stagnation
1980-1989 - Disintegration of the Studio System
1990-1994 - The Rise of Indies
1995-1999 - Revival
2000-2004 - Postmodern Peak
2005-2009 - Cinematic Bubble
2010-2014 - Risk Avoidance
Genres
Samurai (Period) Film
Yakuza Movies
Horror Movies
Japanese Cult Film
Edogawa Rampo on Screen (1)
Edogawa Rampo on Screen (2)
Auteur Film Directors:
Gosha Hideo - Kawashima Yuzo - Ichikawa Kon - Masumura Yasuzo - Mizoguchi Kenji - Okamoto Kihachi - Ozu Yasujiro - Naruse Mikio -
Actors/Actresses:
(Below are some actors in comedy films who are not very well known abroad)
Atsumi Kiyoshi - Kayama Yuzo - Morishige Hisaya - Ueki Hitoshi
Actors/Actresses:
(Below are some actors in comedy films who are not very well known abroad)
Atsumi Kiyoshi - Kayama Yuzo - Morishige Hisaya - Ueki Hitoshi
Individual Film Reviews
An Actor's Revenge (Ichikawa)
An Autumn Afternoon (Ozu)
Days of Youth Ozu)
Early Summer (Ozu)
Gallant Jiraya (Makino)
Humanity and Paper Balloons (Yamanaka)
I Was Born, But... (Ozu)
Late Autumn (Ozu)
Late Spring (Ozu)
The Life of Oharu (Mizoguchi)
Mr Thank-You (Shimizu)
The Munakata Sisters (Ozu)
Ornamental Hairpin (Shimizu)
A Page of Madness (Kinugasa)
Passing Fancy (Ozu)
An Actor's Revenge (Ichikawa)
An Autumn Afternoon (Ozu)
Days of Youth Ozu)
Early Summer (Ozu)
Gallant Jiraya (Makino)
Humanity and Paper Balloons (Yamanaka)
I Was Born, But... (Ozu)
Late Autumn (Ozu)
Late Spring (Ozu)
The Life of Oharu (Mizoguchi)
Mr Thank-You (Shimizu)
The Munakata Sisters (Ozu)
Ornamental Hairpin (Shimizu)
A Page of Madness (Kinugasa)
Passing Fancy (Ozu)
Rashomon (Kurosawa)
Tokijiro of Kutsukake (Kato)
Tokyo Story (Ozu)
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (Naruse)
The Women in the Dunes (Teshigahara)
Woman of Tokyo (Ozu)
Book Reviews
Waiting on the Weather
Dead Wet Girls
Tokijiro of Kutsukake (Kato)
Tokyo Story (Ozu)
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (Naruse)
The Women in the Dunes (Teshigahara)
Woman of Tokyo (Ozu)
Book Reviews
Waiting on the Weather
Dead Wet Girls