The Japanese Filmography

<p> This encyclopedic reference work treats a near-century's worth of Japanese films released in the United States in theaters or on video and the important actors directors producers and technical personnel involved in them. For people each entry provides birth date education death when appropriate a brief biography and a filmography. The movies are arranged by original U.S. release titles and include cast and production credits studio Japanese and U.S. distributor sound format running time in both the U.S. and Japanese versions release dates in both countries alternate titles and rating when appropriate of U.S. release.</p>