An incomplete list of films produced in Japan ordered by year in the 1920s. For an A-Z of films see Category:Japanese films. Also see cinema of Japan.
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Saraba seishun | Iyokichi Kondo Norimasa Kaeriyama |
Sugisaku Aoyama Minoru Murata |
Released 28 July.[1] Studio: Eiga Geijutsu Kyōkai. | |||
Utsukushiki Nippon | Thomas Kurihara | |||||
Nichiren shōnin: Tatsunokuchi hōnan | Jirō Yoshida | Ichikawa Enjūrō | Released 1 October.[2] Studio: Kokusai Katsuei. One 22-minute and one 34-minute print extant.[3][4] | |||
Tenjiku Tarō | Shiro Nakagawa | Ritoku Arashi | Released 13 November.[5] Studio: Teikoku Kinema. | |||
Amachua kurabu | Thomas Kurihara | Michiko Hayama Tomu Uchida |
Released 19 November.[6] Studio: Taishō Katsuei. | |||
Seikatsu antei no maki | Toyojirō Takamatsu Tatsumi Iwaoka |
Studio: Katsudō Shashin Shiryō Kenkyūkai. Print in National Film Center.[7] | ||||
1921 | ||||||
Gōketsu Jiraiya | Shōzō Makino | Matsunosuke Onoe | Released 1 February.[8] Studio: Nikkatsu. 21-minute print in | |||
Hinamatsuri no yoru | Kisaburo Kurihara | Hayama Michiko | Released 30 March.[10] Studio: Taishō Katsuei. | |||
Rojo no Reikon | Minoru Murata | Kaoru Osanai Zeya Togo |
Released 8 April.[11] Studio: Shochiku. Print in National Film Center.[12] | |||
Kantsubaki | Ryoha Hatanaka | Masao Inoue Yaeko Mizutani |
Released 24 April.[13] Studio: Kokusai Katsuei. Print in National Film Center.[14] | |||
Gubijinsō | Henry Kotani | Sumiko Kurishima | Released 29 April.[15] Studio: Shochiku. | |||
Yama kururu | Kiyohiko Ushihara | Komei Minami Haruko Sawamura |
Released 1 July.[16] Studio: Shochiku. | |||
Kimi yo shirazu ya | Minoru Murata | Eliana Pavlova Komei Minami |
Released 16 July.[17] Studio: Shochiku. | |||
Ono ga tsumi | Zanmu Kako | Goro Okamoto Sumiko Kurishima |
Released 8 September.[18] Studio: Shochiku. | |||
Yaji Kita Zenkōji mairi no maki | Kichirō Tsuji Yaroku Kobayashi |
Matsunosuke Onoe Sentarō Nakamura |
Released 30 September.[19] Studio: Nikkatsu. Print in National Film Center.[20] |
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1922 | ||||||
Konjiki yasha | Zanmu Kako | Tsuzuya Moroguchi Yoshiko Kawada |
Romance | Released 1 February.[21] Studio: Shochiku | ||
Hototogisu | Yoshinobu Ikeda | Yūkichi Iwata Sumiko Kurishima |
Released 9 March.[22] Studio: Shochiku. 19-minute print in National Film Center.[23] | |||
Futari Shizuka | Gengo Ōbora | Utako Nakayama | Released 25 April.[24] Studio: Nikkatsu. Print extant.[25] | |||
Shibukawa Bangorō | Kōkichi Tsukiyama | Matsunosuke Onoe | Released 5 May.[26] Studio: Nikkatsu. Print extant.[25] | |||
Chirinishi hana | Yasujirō Shimazu | Yuriko Hanabusa Goro Okamoto |
Released 21 June.[27] Studio: Shochiku | |||
Aa, Ono kundō | Zanmu Kako | Yuriko Hanabusa Yoko Umemura |
Released 23 July.[28] Studio: Shochiku | |||
Kagayaki no michi e | Yasujirō Shimazu | Goro Okamoto Akio Isono |
Released 10 August.[29] Studio: Shochiku | |||
Ai no kusabi | Yasujirō Shimazu | Yotaro Katsumi Nobuko Satsuki |
Released 20 September.[30] Studio: Shochiku | |||
Aa, Konishi junsa | Teinosuke Kinugasa Tomu Uchida[31] [debut] |
Teinosuke Kinugasa | Released 28 November[32] (some sources say 29 October[33]). Studio: Makino Kyōiku Eiga | |||
Kyōya erimise | Eizo Tanaka | Hideo Fujino | Released 30 December.[34] Studio: Nikkatsu. |
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1923 | ||||||
Sendō kouta | Yoshinobu Ikeda | Yukichi Iwata Sumiko Kurishima |
Released 8 January.[35] Studio: Shochiku. | |||
Kohitsuji | Zanmu Kako | Tsuzuya Moroguchi Yuriko Hanabusa |
Released 1 February.[36] Studio: Shochiku. Print in National Film Center.[37] | |||
Ai ni yomigaeru hi | Kenji Mizoguchi | Kaichi Yamamoto | Released 4 February.[38] Studio: Nikkatsu. | |||
Kokyo | Kenji Mizoguchi | Kaichi Yamamoto | Released 25 February.[39] Studio: Nikkatsu. | |||
Aa mujō - Dai ippen: Hōrō no maki | Kiyohiko Ushihara | Masao Inoue Sumiko Kurishima |
Drama | Released 1 April.[40] Studio: Shochiku. 9-minute print in National Film Center.[41] | ||
Joen no chimata | Kenji Mizoguchi | Komei Minami | Released 20 April.[42] Studio: Nikkatsu. | |||
Aa mujō - Dai nihen: Shichō no maki | Yoshinobu Ikeda | Masao Inoue Yukichi Iwata |
Drama | Released 30 April.[43] Studio: Shochiku. | ||
Haizan no uta wa kanashi | Kenji Mizoguchi | Haruko Sawamura | Released 13 May.[44] Studio: Nikkatsu. | |||
Jinniku no ichi | Yasujirō Shimazu | Nobuko Satsuki | Released 15 June.[45] Studio: Shochiku | |||
Kiri no minato | Kenji Mizoguchi | Haruko Sawamura | Released 29 July.[46] Studio: Nikkatsu. | |||
Mizumo no hana | Yoshinobu Ikeda | Yukichi Iwata Sumiko Kurishima |
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Mori kundo tetsuro no tsuyu | Zanmu Kako | Taisuke Matsumoto | ||||
Seishun no yumeji | Kenji Mizoguchi | Tetsuya Yoshimura Yoneko Sakai |
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Ono ga tsumi | Unpei Yokoyama | |||||
Touge no uta | Kenji Mizoguchi | kaichi Yamamoto Haruko Sawamura |
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Yama no senroban | Yasujirō Shimazu | Mitsuko Takao | ||||
Zoku Amateur Club | Thomas Kurihara | Henry Kotani Michiko Hayama |
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Haikyo no naka | Kenji Mizoguchi | Haruko Sawamura | Released 30 September.[47] Studio: Nikkatsu. | |||
Chi to rei | Kenji Mizoguchi | Chiyoko Eguchi Yoneko Sakai |
Released 9 November.[48] Studio: Nikkatsu. | |||
Kosuzume Tōge | Kōroku Numata | Hataya Ichikawa Tsumasaburo Bando |
Released 30 November.[49] Studio: Makino Film Productions. Print in National Film Center.[50] | |||
Ryōbensugi | Shirō Nakamura | Ritoku Arashi | Studio: Teikoku Kinema. Print in National Film Center.[51] | |||
Shigeki Wake no Kiyomaru kō | Toyojirō Takamatsu | Reizō Inoue | Studio: Katsudō Shashin Shiryō Kenkyūkai. Print in National Film Center.[52] |
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1924 | ||||||
Sarutobi no ninjutsu | Jiro Yoshino | Shirogoro Sawamura | ||||
Chairo no onna[citation needed] | ||||||
Kanashiki hakuchi | Kenji Mizoguchi | Yoneko Sakai | ||||
Akatsuki no shi | Kenji Mizoguchi | Haruko Sawamura | ||||
Koi no misshi | Henry Kotani | |||||
Mouken no himitsu | Minoru Murata | Haruko Sawamura Ryotaro Mizushima |
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Rutsubo wa nieru | Kensaku Suzuki | Kaichi Yamamoto Yoneko Sakai |
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Gendai no jo-ou | Kenji Mizoguchi | Yoneko Sakai Komei Minami |
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Josei wa tsuyoshi | Kenji Mizoguchi | Yutaka Mimasu Yoneko Sakai |
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Hanasaka jijii | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Misao Seki | ||||
Koi to bushido | Goro Hirose | Ritoku Arashi | ||||
Shichimencho no yukue | Kenji Mizoguchi | Jun'ichi Kitamura Yoshiko Tokugawa |
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Chichi yo izuku | Norimasa Kaeriyama | Tappatsu Sekine Teruko Azuma |
Released 31 August.[53] Studio: Teikoku Kinema. Other sources give title as Chichi yo izuko e and the year 1923.[54] | |||
Itō junsa no shi | Kensaku Suzuki Kenji Mizoguchi Gengo Ohora Iyokichi Kondo |
Enji Sato | ||||
Samidare zoshi | Kenji Mizoguchi | Utako Suzuki Hiroshi Inagaki |
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Kanraku no zei | Kouroku Numata | Kashichi Shimada Shizuko Mori |
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Shiota Mondo | Goro Hirose | |||||
Sohtoh | Bansho Kanamori | Misao Seki Shizuko Mori |
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Ningyo no sei | Shiro Nakagawa | Ritoku Arashi | ||||
Shimizu Jirochō: Dai-ippen | Goro Hirose | Ritoku Arashi Momonosuke Ichikawa |
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Robin Hood no yume | ||||||
Shōjo no nayami | Mitsuko Takao | |||||
Kōmori-yasu | Goro Hirose | Rikaku Arashi | ||||
Kanraku no onna | Kenji Mizoguchi | kaichi Yamamoto Yoneko Sakai |
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Nukiuchi Gonpachi | Goro Hirose | Momonosuke Ichikawa | ||||
Nageki no kujaku | Yoshinobu Ikeda | Sumiko Kurishima Shinyo Nara |
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Shinshutsu kibotsu | Goro Hirose | Momonosuke Ichikawa | ||||
Kyokubadan no jo-o | Kenji Mizoguchi | Kumeko Urabe Denmei Suzuki |
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Mura no bokujo | Hiroshi Shimizu | Kinuyo Tanaka | ||||
Kunisada Chūji | Shōzō Makino | Shōjirō Sawada | Released 31 December.[55] Studio: Tōa Kinema. 33 min. print in National Film Center.[56] | |||
Sutotonbushi | Yoshinobu Ikeda | Jun Arai Chōko Iida |
Studio: Shochiku. Print in National Film Center.[57] Also titled Koutashū dainihen sutoton.[58] |
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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Uchen-Puchan | Kenji Mizoguchi | Kaichi Yamamoto Kumeko Urabe |
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Giketsu | Tomu Uchida | Kashichi Shimada | ||||
Edo kaizoku-den: Kagebōshi - Zempen | Buntaro Futagawa | Tsumasaburo Bando Shinpei Takagi |
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Edo kaizoku-den: Kagebōshi | Buntaro Futagawa | Tsumasaburo Bando Shinpei Takagi |
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Hō wo shitau onna | Minoru Murata Genjiro Saegusa |
Kumeko Urabe | ||||
Takasugi Shinsaku | Goro Hirose | Michisaburo Segawa | ||||
Aiyoku no kiro | ||||||
Nantoh no haru | Yasujirō Shimazu | Tokuji Kobayashi Chieko Matsui |
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Gakuso o idete | Kenji Mizoguchi | Komei Minami Iyokichi Kondo |
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Daichi wa Hohoemu: Zenpen (1925 Shochiku film) | Kiyohiko Ushihara Yasujirō Shimazu |
Masao Inoue Yuriko Hanabusa |
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Daichi wa Hohoemu: Chuhen | Kiyohiko Ushihara Yasujirō Shimazu |
Masao Inoue Hideo Fujino |
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Daichi wa Hohoemu: Kōhen (1925 Shochiku film) | Kiyohiko Ushihara Yasujirō Shimazu |
Masao Inoue Sumiko Kurishima |
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Daichi wa Hohoemu: Dai ippen | Kenji Mizoguchi | Eiji Takagi Eiji Nakano |
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Daichi wa Hohoemu: Dai nihen | Osamu Wakayama | Eiji Nakano Yoshiko Okada |
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Daichi wa Hohoemi: Dai sanpen | Kensaku Suzuki | Eiji Nakano Yoko Umemura |
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Komoriuta | Eiichi Matsumoto | Yaeko Utagawa Kokuten Takado |
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Ah tokumukan kanto | Osamu Wakayama Kensaku Suzuki Kenji Mizoguchi |
Komei Minami Kaichi Yamamoto |
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Rakka no Mai: Zenpen (1925 Nikkatsu film) | Tomiyasu Ikeda | |||||
Rakka no Mai: Chuhen | Tomiyasu Ikeda | Haruko Sawamura | ||||
Rakka no Mai: Shuhen | Tomiyasu Ikeda | Yoneko Sakai | ||||
Yotsuya kaidan | Nobuko Satsuki | |||||
Shirayuri wa nageku | Kenji Mizoguchi | Yoshiko Okada | ||||
Daikon wa hohoemu | Takuji Furumi | |||||
Nagaruru sake | Eiichi Matsumoto | Taisuke Matsumoto | ||||
Akai yuhi ni terasarete | Kenji Mizoguchi Genjiro Saegusa |
Eiji Nakano Komei Minami |
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Horaijima | Takuji Furumi | Rintaro Fujima Ranko Sawa |
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Seinan sensō hishi: Kōjo Shiragiku | ||||||
Kanashiki koi no gensō | Yoshinobu Ikeda | Sumiko Kurishima Shinyo Nara |
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Meiken jakku | Taisuke Matsumoto | |||||
Ijin musume to bushi | Shōzō Makino | Tsumasaburo Bando Shizuko Mori |
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Yōsei chi ni otsureba | Yasujirō Shimazu | Denmei Suzuki Yuriko Hanabusa |
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Murasaki no nisou | Eiichi Matsumoto | Taisuke Matsumoto Ranko Sawa |
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Toyo no Carmen | Frank Tokunaga | Kaichi Yamamoto Komamo Sunada |
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Araki Mataemon | Tomiyasu Ikeda | Matsunosuke Onoe Goro Kawabe |
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Eien no nazo | Masaru Omori | Taisuke Matsumoto Ranko Sawa |
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Orochi | Buntaro Futagawa | Tsumasaburo Bando Utako Tamaki |
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Machi no Suketchi | Kenji Mizoguchi | Yasunaga Higashibojo Yoshiko Okada |
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Ningen: Zenkohen | Kenji Mizoguchi | Eiji Nakano Yoshiko Okada |
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Furusato no uta | Kenji Mizoguchi | Masujiro Takagi | ||||
Gokurakutō no jo-ou | Meiho Ogasawara | Aiko Takashima Thomas Kurihara |
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Maboroshi | ||||||
Nogi taisho to Kumasan | Kenji Mizoguchi | kaichi Yamamoto |
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1926 | ||||||
Kurutta Ippeji (A Page of Madness) |
Kinugasa Teinosuke | Masao Inoue | 24 September | |||
Storm of Passion | Seiichi Kamei | Teruko Asahi, Momoko Ashiya | ||||
1927 | ||||||
Blood of Penitence | Yasujirō Ozu | [citation needed] | ||||
1928 | ||||||
Edo Sangokushi (The Three Patriots of Edo) | Seika Shiba | |||||
Jujiro (Crossways) | Kinugasa Teinosuke | 11 May | ||||
Kurama Tengu: Kyōfu Jidai | Teppei Yamaguchi | Kanjuro Arashi, Reizaburo Yamamoto, Takasaburo Nakamura, Tokusho Arashi | ||||
Kurama Tengu | Teppei Yamaguchi | Kanjuro Arashi, Takesaburo Nakamura, Reizaburo Yamamoto, Tokusho Arashi | ||||
Wakodo no yume | Yasujirō Ozu | Tatsuo Saitō, Nobuko Wakaba | Comedy | [59] | ||
1929 | ||||||
Daigaku wa detakeredo | Yasujirō Ozu | Minoru Takada, Kinuyo Tanaka | Comedy | [60] | ||
Days of Youth | Yasujirō Ozu | Ichiro Yuki, Tatsuo Saitō | Comedy | |||
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