Yokota Shokai Movies

  • 1910
    The 47 Loyal Ronin

    The 47 Loyal Ronin

    The 47 Loyal Ronin

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    An adventure film with Benshi performers. Sometimes considered the 'first Japanese feature film', it survives today as a compilation of scenes from...

    The 47 Loyal Ronin
  • 1908
    Battle at Honnôji Temple

    Battle at Honnôji Temple

    Battle at Honnôji Temple

    01908HD

    In 1908, Director/Producer Shozo Makino (father of Japanese cinema) directed and produced the first dramatic film in Kyoto. “Honnô-ji...

    Battle at Honnôji Temple
  • 1912
    Sakura Sôgorô

    Sakura Sôgorô

    Sakura Sôgorô

    01912HD

    Japanese horror movie from 1912.

    Sakura Sôgorô
  • 1911
    Iwami Jûtarô

    Iwami Jûtarô

    Iwami Jûtarô

    01911HD

    Horror short.

    Iwami Jûtarô
  • 1911
    Rashomon

    Rashomon

    Rashomon

    01911HD

    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...

    Rashomon
  • 1910
    Sakura Sôgorô Ichidaiki

    Sakura Sôgorô Ichidaiki

    Sakura Sôgorô Ichidaiki

    01910HD

    Japanese horror movie from 1910.

    Sakura Sôgorô Ichidaiki
  • 1910
    The Hanging Ceiling at a Utsunomiya

    The Hanging Ceiling at a Utsunomiya

    The Hanging Ceiling at a Utsunomiya

    01910HD

    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...

    The Hanging Ceiling at a Utsunomiya
  • 1909
    Legend of the Righteous Sakura Sôgrô

    Legend of the Righteous Sakura Sôgrô

    Legend of the Righteous Sakura Sôgrô

    01909HD

    Japanese horror movie from 1909.

    Legend of the Righteous Sakura Sôgrô
  • 1909
    Willow-Monster

    Willow-Monster

    Willow-Monster

    01909HD

    Perhaps a depiction of the mythic yanagi-baba, or "willow witch", a spirit which emerges when a willow tree is 1,000 years, Featuring the Matsudaira...

    Willow-Monster
  • 1909
    The Heavenly Being Sugawara

    The Heavenly Being Sugawara

    The Heavenly Being Sugawara

    01909HD

    Sugawara no Michizane was a poet/politician of the Heian period, who fell from grace and died in exile. It was said that his vengeful ghost was the...

    The Heavenly Being Sugawara
  • 1912
    The Plate Mansion in Banshu

    The Plate Mansion in Banshu

    The Plate Mansion in Banshu

    01912HD

    Japanese horror movie from 1912.

    The Plate Mansion in Banshu
  • 1909
    Shin Momotarô

    Shin Momotarô

    Shin Momotarô

    01909HD

    One of 3 movies released 1909 with the same name.

    Shin Momotarô
  • 1909
    New Story of Momotaro

    New Story of Momotaro

    New Story of Momotaro

    01909HD

    The first film vision of another seminal Japanese folk legend. Momotarô, the boy who was conceived when his elderly parents ate a magic peach...

    New Story of Momotaro
  • 1908
    Folk-Tale of Taro

    Folk-Tale of Taro

    Folk-Tale of Taro

    01908HD

    One of the most popular of all Japan folk-tales is the famous undersea myth of Urashima Taro, the fisherman who is taken by a turtle to an underwater...

    Folk-Tale of Taro
  • 1911
    Ghost Story: The Murder of Bunya

    Ghost Story: The Murder of Bunya

    Ghost Story: The Murder of Bunya

    01911HD

    Earliest japanese horror film.

    Ghost Story: The Murder of Bunya
  • 1911
    Banchō Sarayashiki

    Banchō Sarayashiki

    Banchō Sarayashiki

    01911HD

    Earliest japanese horror film.

    Banchō Sarayashiki
  • 1910
    Chibusa no Enoki

    Chibusa no Enoki

    Chibusa no Enoki

    01910HD

    Earliest japanese horror film.

    Chibusa no Enoki
  • 1912
    Mito Kōmon's Travel Diary

    Mito Kōmon's Travel Diary

    Mito Kōmon's Travel Diary

    01912HD

    Adaptation of Mito Kōmon.

    Mito Kōmon's Travel Diary
  • 1910
    The Mito Kōmon Chronicles: Part Two

    The Mito Kōmon Chronicles: Part Two

    The Mito Kōmon Chronicles: Part Two

    01910HD

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

    The Mito Kōmon Chronicles: Part Two
  • 1910
    The Mito Kōmon Chronicles

    The Mito Kōmon Chronicles

    The Mito Kōmon Chronicles

    01910HD

    First film adaptation of Mito Kōmon.

    The Mito Kōmon Chronicles