Pure Film Movement

The Pure Film Movement (純映画劇運動, Jun'eigageki undō) was a trend in film criticism and filmmaking in 1910s and early 1920s Japan that advocated what were considered more modern and cinematic modes of filmmaking.

As the background of the movement, the foreign movie which raised the level under the first World War was imported, and the social situation such as Taisho Democracy was mentioned, and the voice to criticize the old style Japanese movie was raised by these influences.

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