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The first of Japanese movie raod show
In 1898 some ghost films were made, the Shirō Asano shorts Bake Jizo (Jizo the Spook / 化け地蔵) and Shinin no sosei (Resurrection of a Corpse).[9] The first documentary, the short Geisha no teodori (芸者の手踊り), was made in June 1899. Tsunekichi Shibata made a number of early films, including Momijigari, a 1899 record of two famous actors performing a scene from a well-known kabuki play. -
The Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904 – 5 September 1905) was "the first great war of the 20th century. -
Kantou Great earthquake
The Great Kantō earthquake (関東大震災 Kantō daishinsai?) struck the Kantō plain on the Japanese main island of Honshū at 11:58:44 am JST (2:58:44 UTC) on Saturday, September 1, 1923. Varied accounts hold that the duration of the earthquake was between 4 and 10 minutes. -
The first of Japanese movie company
Daiei Film Co., Ltd. (大映映画株式会社 Daiei eiga kabushikigaisha?) was a Japanese movie studio. Founded in 1942, it was one of the major studios during the postwar golden age of Japanese cinema, producing not only artistic masterpieces such as Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon and Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu, but also such popular film series as Gamera and Zatoichi -
"Toho"-Japanese movie company
This movie company is one of the famous comoany in Japan. We cannot watch movie without this company. -
Republic of Chaina!
On 1 October 1949, Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China. -
"Rashoumon" Japan got honorary award in the academy
The decade started with Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon (1950), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and marked the entrance of Japanese cinema onto the world stage. It was also the breakout role for legendary star Toshirō Mifune. -
GoZila
The same year, Ishirō Honda released the anti-nuclear horror film Gojira, which was translated in the West as Godzilla. Though it was severely edited for its Western release, Godzilla became an international icon of Japan and spawned an entire industry of Kaiju films. -
"Otoko wa Turaiyo" Yamada Youji
Otoko wa Tsurai yo (男はつらいよ, "It's tough being a man") is a Japanese film series starring Kiyoshi Atsumi -
Kaze no Tani no Naushika
Miyazaki's next film, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Kaze no Tani no Naushika, 1984), was an adventure film that introduced many of the themes which recur in later films: a concern with ecology and the human impact on the environment; a fascination with aircraft and flight; pacifism, including an anti-military streak; feminism; and morally ambiguous characterizations, especially among villains. -
"Sento Chihiro no Kamikakusi"- The higest revenue movie
In anime, Hayao Miyazaki directed Spirited Away in 2001, breaking Japanese box office records and winning several awards. -
Kitano "Zatouich"
Takeshi Kitano appeared in Battle Royale and directed and starred in Dolls and Zatoichi. -
Okina's international movie festival was held
The Okinawa International Movie Festival is an annual Film Festival held in Ginowan City and Naha City on the Japanese island of Okinawa Island. The festival was founded by Japanese century-old comedy-entertainment giant Yoshimoto Kogyo in 2009 and focuses on comedy films from around the world, with the theme of "Laugh & Peace".
