1928 Top_10_Movies

( 1) Rônin-gai - Dai-ichi-wa: Utsukushiki emono
    (Street of Masterless Samurai_the First Episode:
         A Beautiful Game)
        Director: Masahiro Makino
        Production Co.: Makino
        Survival status : Incomplete print survives (only one reel of the climax scene)

( 2) Riku no ôja (The Hero on the field)
        Director: Kiyohiko Ushihara
        Production Co.: Shochiku
        Survival Status : Lost

( 3) Shinpan Ôoka seidan; Dai san pen: Kaikatsu hen
     (Ôoka's Trial_the Third Episode: Conclusion)
        Director: Daisuke Itô
        Production Co.: Nikkatsu
        Survival Status : Lost

( 4) Sôzen-ji baba (The Sôzen-ji Riding Ground)
        Director: Masahiro Makino
        Production Co.: Makino
        Survival Status : Incomplete print survives (approx. 1/3 of the original)

( 5) Kare to Tokyo (He and Tokyo)
        Director: Kiyohiko Ushihara
        Production Co.: Shochiku
        Survival Status : Lost (fragment of approx. 1 reel survives)

( 6) Mura no hanayome (The Village Bride)
        Director: Heinosuke Gosho
        Production Co.: Shochiku
        Survival Status : Lost

( 7) Keai-dori (Fighting Cocks)
        Director: Masahiro Makino
        Production Co.: Makino
        Survival Status : Lost

( 8) Kekkon nijûsô (The Marriage Duet)
        Directors: Minoru Murata + Tomotaka Tasaka + Abe Yutaka
        Production Co.: Nikkatsu
        Survival Status : Lost

( 9) Hirate Miki
        Director: Seika Shiba
        Production Co.: Nikkatsu
        Survival Status : Lost

(10a) Chikemuri Takadanobaba (Blood Sprayed in Takadanobaba)
        Director: Daisuke Itô
        Production Co.: Nikkatsu
        Survival Status : Incomplete (Abridged version of approx. 10 min.)

(10b) Jûjiro (Crossroads)
        Director: Teinosuke Kinugasa
        Production Co.: Kinugasa Eiga Renmei + Shochiku
        Survival Status : Survives

The numbers of ranked titles of each Production Co, is as follows:
Nikkatsu : 4 (3,8, 9 and 10a);
Shochiku : 3 (2, 5 and 6);
Makino : 3 (1, 4 and 7); and
other : 1 (10b) (* "Jûjiro" (10b) was distributed by Shochiku).

 The following titles were available on Japanese DVD:
( 1) Rônin-gai - Dai-ichi-wa: Utsukushiki emono  and ( 4) Sôzen-ji baba are included in a single DVD title (refer to "ASIN: B001N0P4PM") ; and
(10b)  Jûjiro (refer to "ASIN: B002GI514E").
(*) Sorry, both titles are probably out of stock.
(*) The region code of Japanese DVD is "2".