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As indicated below, there are a number of possible reasons for this.

1. The video was originally a silent animation that would have been shown without sound (see the commentary below). Of the 64 works posted on this website, 54 were originally released as silent films.
2. The video was originally a talkie, but the video file was created from a film without a sound track so it is presented as a silent animation (described as a silent film in the "Sound" column). The following six works are talkie films presented without sound.
   • Noburo Ofuji: At the Border Checkpoint（お関所）, Spring Song（春の唄） and The Three Fearless Frogs（蛙三勇士）
   • Yasuji Murata: At the Circus（漫画　見世物見物） and The Cat Purr Dance（ニヤゴダンス）
   • Mitsuyo Seo: Sankichi and Osayo, A Genroku Romance（元禄恋模様　三吉とおさよ）
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