Shiro Asano

Shiro Asano (浅野四郎, 1877–1955) was a cameraman during the early days of Japanese cinema. He is known primarily for his work using imported versions of the Lumiere kinetoscope and the Gaumont camera, as well as his contributions to the horror genre with his short films. and entrusted Asano, who was working as an assistant in the store at the time, to create magic with these new devices. He also was one of the first Japanese people to host a public film screening in Japan.

Thoughts on the early film industry Through his time filming the streets of Japan and dancing geisha, he learned about frame rates. While learning about frame rates, Asano shared major concerns about the camera that he was using filming at 21 frames per second, when the standard in Japan at the time would have been a maximum of 16 frames per second.

Filmography Bake-Jizo (Jizo the Spook), 1898

Shinin no sosei (Resurrection of a Corpse), 1898