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The cinema of Japan (日本映画, Nihon eiga), also known domestically as hōga (邦画, "domestic cinema"), has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world; as of 2021, it was the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. [ 4] In 2011, Japan produced 411 feature ...
Ikiru. Ikiru (生きる, "To Live") is a 1952 Japanese tragedy film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay co-written with Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni. The film examines the struggles of a terminally ill Tokyo bureaucrat (played by Takashi Shimura) and his final quest for meaning. The screenplay was partly inspired by Leo Tolstoy 's ...
Japanese. Box office. $31.1 million [ 1] Like Father, Like Son (そして父になる, Soshite Chichi ni Naru) is a 2013 Japanese drama film written, directed and edited by Hirokazu Kore-eda, starring Masaharu Fukuyama in his first role as a father. It premièred on 18 May 2013 at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the ...
Under the Open Sky. Under the Open Sky ( Japanese: すばらしき世界, Hepburn: Subarashiki Sekai) is a 2020 Japanese drama film directed and written by Miwa Nishikawa. It stars Koji Yakusho as a former yakuza who has been released from prison after serving 13 years for murder. [ 3] The film premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film ...
Lists of films produced in Japan include: List of Japanese films before 1910. List of Japanese films of the 1910s. List of Japanese films of the 1920s. List of Japanese films of the 1930s. List of Japanese films of the 1940s. Lists of Japanese films of the 1950s. Lists of Japanese films of the 1960s.
Running time. 94 minutes. Country. Japan. Language. Japanese. Good Morning (お早よう, Ohayō) is a 1959 Japanese comedy film co-written and directed by Yasujirō Ozu. It is a loose remake of his own 1932 silent film I Was Born, But..., and is Ozu's second film in color.
Onmyōji. (film) Onmyōji (陰陽師) is a 2001 Japanese film directed by Yōjirō Takita. [1] It tells of the exploits of famed onmyōji Abe no Seimei, who meets and befriends bungling court noble Minamoto no Hiromasa. Together they protect the capital of Heian-kyō against an opposing onmyōji, Dōson, who is secretly plotting the downfall of ...
Thumbelina (世界名作童話 おやゆび姫, Sekai Meisaku Dōwa: Oyayubi-hime, lit. 'World Masterpiece Fairy Tales: Thumb Princess') is a 1978 Japanese anime fantasy film produced by Toei Animation and Tezuka Productions based on the fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen. The film was first shown in Japan on 18 March 1978 ...