Useful Websites
Here is a list of selected useful websites for research on Japanese cinema:
Japanese Film Database (JFDB): JFDB is managed by the Japan Foundation and UNIJAPAN and provides information on Japanese films released between 2002 and 2010, including film cast and staff, or film industry related companies.
Midnight Eye: Visions of Japanese Cinema: A non-commercial, non-profit initiative; offers interviews, features, film reviews, and book reviews
Motion Picture Reprint Series (Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan)
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
Reference Books
Here is a list of selected reference materials:
Eiga haiyū jiten. Senzen Nihon hen 映画俳優事典. 戦前日本篇 / Moriuchi Masashi. Call No.: East Asian Ref. PN2927 .M63 1994
Eiga hyakka jiten 映画百科辞典= Encyclopedia of cinema / hensan Iwasaki Akira ... [et al.]. Call No.: East Asian PN1993.45 .E37 1954
Nihon eiga jinmei jiten. Danʼyū hen 日本映画人名事典. 男優篇 / Kinema Junpōsha hen. Call No.: East Asian PN2927 .N55 1996
Nihon eiga jinmei jiten. Joyū hen 日本映画人名事典. 女優篇 / Kinema Junpōsha hen. Call No.: East Asian PN2927 .N56 1995
Nihon eiga jinmei jiten. Kantoku hen 日本映画人名事典. 監督篇 / Kinema Junpōsha hen.
Call No.: East Asian Ref. PN1998.2 .N55 1997
Nihon eiga sakuhin jiten. Sengo hen (1) 日本映画作品辞典. 戦後篇 = Complete dictionary of Japanese movies from 1945 August to 1988 December / Nihon Eigashi Kenkyūkai hen. Call No.: East Asian PN1993.5.J3 N55 1998
Nihon eiga sakuhin jiten. Senzen hen 日本映画作品辞典. 戦前編 = Complete dictionary of Japanese movies from 1896 to 1945 August / Nihon Eigashi Kenkyūkai hen. Call No.: East Asian PN1993.5.J3 N57 1996