Cinema year book of Japan (1937)

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Movie-theatres Year Theatres exhibiting Japanese films Theatres exhibiting foreign films Theatres exhibiting Japanese and foreign films Total Theatres with 1 equipments for sound films 1936 1,130 64 433 1.627 1,368 1935 1,117 59 410 1,586 1,207 1934 1,076 46 416 1,538 806 1933 1,065 47 386 1,498 576 1932 1,025 49 386 1,460 339 193 1 1,029 53 367 1,449 92 ! 1930 925 53 410 1,392 1929 807 53 410 1,270 1928 714 46 509 1,269 1927 577 39 556 1,172 1926 414 39 604 1,057 Inspected Silent and Sound Films Year Number of films Number of reels Length (metre) Silent Sound Silent Sound Silent Sound 1936 9,372 15,636 31,084 65,299 5,835,056 16,070,811 1935 10,100 10,975 36,404 52,400 7,260,802 12,768,290 1934 1 1,752 5,716 49,834 30,292 10,877,562 7,346,346 1933 12,017 2,967 56,163 15,041 12,479,725 3,719,238 1932 15,776 2,660 64,623 11,854 14,376,574 3,000,758 193 1 14,739 952 70,199 6,003 16,370,672 1,503,120 1930 16,491 939 78,953 4,746 19,056,812 1,141,5 17 1929 16,574 82,791 20,062,294 1928 18,893 75,903 17,905,976 1927 16,101 76,810 18,934,163 1926 15,348 71,767 17,683,594 114