Japanese Movie Database

The Japanese Movie Database (日本映画データベース, Nihon Eiga Dētabēsu), more commonly known as simply JMDb, is an online database of information about Japanese movies, actors, and production crew personnel.^[1] It is similar to the Internet Movie Database but lists only those films initially released in Japan. Y. Nomura started the site in 1997, and it contains movies from 1899 (Second Year of Movies in Japan recorded) to the present day.^[1][2]

Japanese Movie Database

Screenshot of the welcome page for the Japanese Movie Database
Type of site	Online Japanese movie databases
Available in	Japanese
Owner	Y. Nomura
Created by	Y. Nomura
URL	www.jmdb.ne.jp
Registration	Optional
Launched	1997; 28 years ago (1997)
Current status	Active

See also

• IMDb