Tsunekichi Shibata

  • Known for: Cinematographer
  • Date of birth: 1850. January 1.
  • Place of birth:

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 f...

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