# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第五十四条 (Article 54) - Law: 著作権法 (Copyright Act), 昭和四十五年法律第四十八号 - English title "Copyright Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第五十四条 (Article 54)（映画の著作物の保護期間） — address `art-54` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-54 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-54 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十四条（映画の著作物の保護期間） — (The Term of Protection for Cinematographic Works) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-54 **第一項** 映画の著作物の著作権は、その著作物の公表後七十年（その著作物がその創作後七十年以内に公表されなかつたときは、その創作後七十年）を経過するまでの間、存続する。 art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-54/par-1 The copyright to a cinematographic work subsists for 70 years after the work is made public (or for 70 years after the creation of the work, if the work is not made public within the 70 years after its creation). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 映画の著作物の著作権がその存続期間の満了により消滅したときは、当該映画の著作物の利用に関するその原著作物の著作権は、当該映画の著作物の著作権とともに消滅したものとする。 art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-54/par-2 When the copyright to a cinematographic work expires at the expiration of the duration of copyright, the copyright to original work connected with that cinematographic work also expires as regards the exploitation of the cinematographic work. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二条の規定は、映画の著作物の著作権については、適用しない。 art-54/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-54/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-54/par-3 The provisions of the preceding two Articles do not apply to the copyright to a cinematographic work. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-54/par-3: 前二条 → 著作権法 第五十二条 (Article 52), art-52 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-52 - art-54/par-3: 前二条 → 著作権法 第五十三条 (Article 53), art-53 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-53 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 著作権法 第五十六条第一項（継続的刊行物等の公表の時） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-56/par-1 - 著作権法 第五十七条第一項（保護期間の計算方法） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-57/par-1 - 著作権法 第五十八条第一項（保護期間の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-58/par-1 - 著作権法 第六十二条第二項（相続人の不存在の場合等における著作権の消滅） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/art-62/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-62/par-2 - 著作権法 附則第二条第一項（映画の著作物の保護期間についての経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4151-85/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4151-85/art-2/par-1 - 著作権法 附則第三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/suppl-4151-85/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4151-85/art-3/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 著作権法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/345AC0000000048/20260624_508AC0000000048), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Copyright Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4207/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 210 — 著作権法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19