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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Shoplifters ( Japanese: 万引き家族, romanized : Manbiki Kazoku, lit. 'Shoplifting Family') is a 2018 Japanese drama film written, directed and edited by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Starring Lily Franky and Sakura Ando, [ 2] it is about a family that relies on shoplifting to cope with a life of poverty. Kore-eda wrote the screenplay contemplating ...
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 ...
The following is a list of the 10 highest-grossing Japanese films released at the Japanese box office during 2021. Rank. Title. Gross [1] 1. Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time. ¥10.28 billion ( $93.67 million ) 2. Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet.