Director

Tsunekichi Shibata

Camera

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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 0All crew credits: 8

TMDB ID: 1170060

IMDb ID: nm0793094

Known for: Camera

Born: January 1, 1850

Died: January 1, 1929

Age: 79

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1898 - 1966

Years active: 69

Wikidata: Q7850192

Also known as

Shibata Tsunekichi

Frequent jobs

Director (3)Camera Operator (3)Lighting Technician (2)

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Biography

Tsunekichi Shibata was one of Japan's first filmmakers. He worked for the photographer Shirō Asano and the Konishi Camera shop, the first in Japan to import a motion picture camera. Along with Kanzo Shirai, he took the earliest films in Japan, mostly of geisha, Ginza, and selections of scenes from popular plays. His first exhibition was at the Tokyo Kabuki-za in 1899. After that he focused mainly on Kabuki plays.

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