Kami Firumu: The Japanese Paper Film Project

The Japanese Paper Film Project preserves 1930s Japanese paper films (called "kami firumu") and promotes research into these rare movies.  The Project is based at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA and directed by Professor Eric Faden.  We are grateful to our Japanese partners the Toy Film Museum in Kyoto, the Itabashi Science Museum in Tokyo, and collector Machiko Kusahara who have generously let us scan their collections.