Japanese silent films

1907 fragment of animated film speculated to be the oldest work of animation in Japan

1932 film by Yasujiro Ozu

1929 film by Yasujirō Ozu

1926 film by Teinosuke Kinugasa

1933 film by Yasujiro Ozu

1931 film by Yasujiro Ozu

1918 film directed by Seitarō Kitayama

1927 film by Yasujirō Ozu and Torajirō Saitō

1921 film by Minoru Murata

1930 film by Yasujirō Ozu

1925 film by Buntarō Futagawa

1933 film by Heinosuke Gosho

1928 film directed by Shōzō Makino

1930 Japanese silent film directed by Shigeyoshi Suzuki

1927 film by Daisuke Itō

1928 film by Yasuji Murata

is a 1924 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Buntaro Futagawa. Often acclaimed as the predecessor to Orochi, it tells the tale of a nihilistic samurai, played by Tsumasaburo Bando whose mother is killed, whose sister is used and deceived and who loses the only love of his life.