Biography of 柴田常吉 Details Online

柴田常吉

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notum enim: Camera
dies natalis: 1850-01-01
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General: 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...