ENTRE GEISHAS, SAMURAIS, MONSTRUOS Y YAKUZAS TE VEAS : OZU, MIZOGUCHI, NARUSE, Y LOS PRIMEROS MAESTROS DEL CINE JAPONÉS.

The kinetoscope, first shown commercially by Thomas Edison in the United States in 1894, was first shown in Japan in November 1896. The Vitascope and the Lumière Brothers’ Cinematograph were first presented in Japan in March 1897, and Lumière cameramen were the first to shoot films in Japan.Moving pictures, however, were not an entirely new experience for the Japanese because of their rich tradition of pre-cinematic devices such as gentō (utsushi-e) or the magic lantern.The first successful Japanese film in late 1897 showed sights in Tokyo.
In 1898 some ghost films were made, the Shirō Asano shorts Bake Jizo (Jizo the Spook /...