1936 Top_10_Movies

( 1) Gion no shimai (Sisters of the Gion) 
        Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
        Production Co.: Daiichi eiga
        Survival Status : Incomplete(69/95 min.)

( 2) Jinsei gekijô - seishun-hen (Theater of Life: Youth Version)
        Director: Tomu Uchida
        Production Co.: Nikkatsu
        Survival Status : Incomplete
       (49/118 min., the soundtrack omitted and subtitles inserted)

( 3) Naniwa erejî (Osaka Elegy)
        Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
        Production Co.: Daiichi Eiga
        Survival Status : Incomplete (71/89 min.)

( 4) Hitori musuko (The Only Son)
        Director: Yasujirô Ozu
        Production Co.: Shôchiku
        Survival Status : Survives (82/87 min.)

( 5) Akanishi Kakita
        Director: Mansaku Itami
        Production Co.: Chiezô Production
        Survival Status : Survives (77/85 min.)

( 6) Kazoku kaigi (Family Meeting)
        Director: Yasujirô Shimazu
        Production Co.: Shôchiku
        Survival Status : Incomplete (Reissued abridged version, approx. 3/5 of the original)

( 7) Ani imôto (Older Brother, Younger Sister)
        Director: Sotoji Kimura
        Production Co.: P.C.L (Toho)
        Survival Status : Survives

( 8) Hikoroku ooi ni warau (Hikoroku Has a Good Laugh)
        Director: Sotoji Kimura
        Production Co.: P.C.L (Toho)
        Survival Status : Survives

( 9) Jônetsu no shijin, Takuboku - furusato-hen
     (Takuboku, a Poet of Passion / episode "Hometown")
        Director: Hisatora Kumagai
        Production Co.: Nikkatsu
        Survival Status : Incomplete (First two reels lost)

(10) Hikyô Nekka (An Unexplored Region, Nekka)
        Director: Mitsuzô Akutagawa
        Production Co.: Mantetsu
        Survival Status : Incomplete (2 reels out of 5)

The numbers of ranked titles of each Production Co, is as follows:
Nikkatsu : 2 (2 and 9);
Shôchiku : 2 (4 and 6);
P.C.L (Toho) : 2 (7 and 8);
Daiichi eiga : 2 (1 and 3, both distributed by Shôchiku);
Chiezô Production : 1 (5, distributed by Nikkatsu); and
other : 1 (10).

From this year on, no silent movie has been found among Top_10_Movies.

"Gion no shimai" (1) is available on DVD (Japan_ASIN: B00I0JHSCG, USA_ASIN: B001CW7ZTE).
"Naniwa erejî" (3) is available on DVD (Japan_ASIN: B00I0JHR2M, USA_ASIN: B001CW7ZTE).
"Hitori musuko" (4) is available on DVD (Japan_ASIN: B00C2DX7H6, USA_ASIN: B003ICZW7S).
"Hikyô Nekka" (10) is available on DVD (Japan_ ASIN: B00YI0WGUK).
 (*) The region code of Japanese DVD is "2".