What is Japanese cinema?: a history

Motion pictures: 1896-1918

The rise of silent film: 1917-1930

The first golden age: 1927-1940

Japanese cinema during wartime

Film production in the colonies and occupied lands

Japanese cinema under American occupation: 1945-1952

Toward a second golden age: 1952-1960

Upheaval amidst steady decline: 1961-1970

Decline and torpor: 1971-1980

The collapse of the studio system: 1981-1990

The indies start to flourish: 1991-2000

Within a production bubble: 2001-2011.