Shiro Asano

化け地蔵

Shiro Asano

Jizo, the protector of dead children and all creatures trapped in Hell, is usually found in graveyards. Bake-Jizo is a stature placed at crossroads. There is no official record of Bake Jizo's existence - only later recollection of cameraman Shiro Asano, Konishi Honten was photography in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, which imported the first film to Japan.

Inazuma Goto Hobaku no Ba

Shiro Asano

A scene performed by a shinpa troupe.

Shinin no sosei

Shiro Asano

Soujiro Sugiura, Kobayashi Sugiura

One of the two earliest horror films ever made. This film is presumed lost.