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.
Birthday: January 01, 1850
Death: January 01, 1929
December 03, 1899
November 28, 1899
January 02, 1899
October 01, 1956
February 04, 1900
April 01, 1898
April 01, 1898
April 01, 1898
June 09, 1967
October 15, 1966
September 20, 1960