Matsunosuke Onoe

弥次喜多 前篇 善光寺詣りの巻

Jiraiya is some sort of super-ninja with superpowers. He can fly, he can avoid detection by turning himself into a toad, and he has some sort of ability to vanish.

The Loyal 47 Ronin

Film about Ghost-cat.

Film about Ghost-cat.

Okazaki Ghost-Cat movie.

Film about Ghost-Cat.

Arima Ghost-Cat movie.

Film about Ghost-Cat.

Film about Ghost-Cat.

Film about Ghost-Cat.

Film about Ghost-Cat.

Film about Ghost-Cat.

short film about Banchō Sarayashiki.

short film about Banchō Sarayashiki.

A film on the life of Shibukawa Bangorō, the founder of the Shibukawa-ryū school of jūjutsu. To paraphrase Satō Tadao’s blurb on the back cover of the video, this is an important film for three reasons. 1. it is an almost perfectly well preserved copy of one of only a few full-length movies still available of the first superstar in Japanese cinema history, the very famous Onoe Matsunosuke. 2. it uses a method that was common in the silent era, the dyeing/tinting of film to mark given moments of day (for ex., blue for night-time) or given situations (for ex., red for fire) – and even though most films that used this technique have been redeveloped in straight b&w, this one is available in its original form. 3. it is an early SFX (special effects) movie that uses the basic tools of the trade - a great action movie full of swordsmanship and monsters (bakemono).

Sequel to the film "The Mito Kōmon Chronicles" (1910).

First film adaptation of Mito Kōmon.

Yotsuya Kaidan (Jitsoroku Oiwa)

Japanese horror movie from 1916. Produced by Nikkatsu.

Japanese horror movie from 1918.

Japanese horror movie from 1918.

Japanese horror movie from 1912.

Japanese horror movie from 1917.

Japanese horror movie from 1920.

Japanese horror movie from 1919.

The first version of a kabuki ghost story which would be filmed numerous times, the story is based on a historical incident which occurred in 1622 when an assassination attempt Tokugawa lemitsu, during his visit to Utsunomiya Castle. This alleged plan involved luring lemitsu into a "death-trap" room with a falling ceiling filled with rocks. A sub-plot involves retribution by the ghost of a man murdered and buried in a well.

Japanese horror movie from 1919.

Japanese horror movie from 1914.

Japanese horror movie from 1914.

Japanese horror movie from 1913.

Botan Dōrō

Japanese horror movie from 1920.

Legend tells the Watanabe-no-Tsuna, one of Raiko's demon-hunters, was summoned to Rashomon where an evil she-demon, Idaraki-doji, was praying on traveler's. He hacked off the demon's arm, but she later tricked him into returning it.

Japanese horror movie from 1919.

Japanese horror movie from 1914.

Japanese horror movie from 1921.

The legendary tale of the forty-seven samurai and their mission to avenge the death of their master.

A tale of betrayal, murder and revenge.

An adventure film with Benshi performers. Sometimes considered the 'first Japanese feature film', it survives today as a compilation of scenes from various different 1910s adaptations totaling nearly three hours in length. The bulk of the content comes from the 1911 adaptation by legendary Japanese filmmaker Makino Shozo.

Iwami Jûtarô: kôhen

Iwami Jûtarô

Iwami Jûtarô

Iwami Jûtarô

Horror short.

Horror short.

Iwami Jûtarô

In the City of Saints, a woman's prayer gets painted and a failed cinematographer soothes his bitterness by uploading his recordings of film screenings for pay.