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2003: 1690: 2446: 1269: 1392: 3576:. These laws were intended to promote the production of media arts, including film scenery, and stipulate that the government – on both the national and local levels – must lend aid in order to preserve film media. The laws were passed on November 30 and came into effect on December 7. In 2003, at a gathering for the Agency of Cultural Affairs, twelve policies were proposed in a written report to allow public-made films to be promoted and shown at the Film Center of the National Museum of Modern Art. 10267: 1778: 2183: 39: 162: 7005: 4046: 3737: 3216: 10771: 8904: 916: 10781: 10352: 2919: 1869: 10253: 736: 8893: 3782:, which greatly suffered due to health requirements. This gave the nation its worst day of film and television industry impacted by health crises since the end of World War II. From the first (of many) 'health lockdowns' until the end of September 2021, many Japanese studios were closed or reorganized to suit the legal requirements for spread prevention. This resulted in the suspension of filming for many movies. 6867: 721: 1464: 2713: 3226:
Japan steadily increased, with about 821 films released in 2006. Films based on Japanese television series were especially popular during this period. Anime films now accounted for 60 percent of Japanese film production. The 1990s and 2000s are considered to be "Japanese Cinema's Second Golden Age", due to the immense popularity of anime, both within Japan and overseas.
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In the beginning of 21st century, Japan has been referenced numerous times in popular culture, which was a relatively successful one for Japanese film industry. The country has appeared as a setting and topic multiple times in film, poetry, television, and music. The number of films being shown in
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with dialogue written on chalkboards and were immediate flops because Nikkatsu raised the admission prices fifty percent, leading them to temporarily abandon sound film. The Japanese film industry later split into two groups; one retained the Mina Talkie System, while the other used the Eastphone
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The 1970s saw the cinema audience drop due to the spread of television. Total audience declined from 1.2 billion in 1960 to 0.2 billion in 1980. Film companies refused to hire top actors and directors, not even the companies' production skills to the television industry, thereby making the film
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The number of films produced, and the cinema audience reached a peak in the 1960s. Most films were shown in double bills, with one half of the bill being a "program picture" or B-movie. A typical program picture was shot in four weeks. The demand for these program pictures in quantity meant the
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kamishibai (紙芝居) or paper theater was a popular form of street entertainment, especially for the children. Kamishibai was often used to tell stories of Buddhist deities and the history of some Buddhist temples. In 1920 it started out as normal storytelling for the children. But in about 1932 it
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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. In 2011, Japan produced 411 feature films that earned 54.9% of a box office total of US$ 2.338 billion. Films have been produced in Japan since 1897.
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Because of economic recessions, the number of movie theaters in Japan had been steadily decreasing since the 1960s. The number of cinemas were under 2,000 in 1993 than more than 7,000 in 1960. The 1990s saw the reversal of this trend and the introduction of the
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let her use the Chinese name Li Xianglan so she could represent Chinese roles in Japanese propaganda movies. After the war she used her official Japanese name and starred in an additional 29 movies. She was elected as a member of the
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Several new anime directors rose to widespread recognition, bringing with them notions of anime as not only entertainment, but modern art. Mamoru Oshii released the internationally acclaimed philosophical science fiction action film
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manga series broke all box-office records in the country, becoming the highest-grossing film of all time in Japan, the highest-grossing Japanese film of all time and the highest-grossing film of 2020.
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Among intellectuals, critiques of Japanese cinema grew in the 1910s and eventually developed into a movement that transformed Japanese film. Film criticism began with early film magazines such as
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Since February 2000, the Japan Film Commission Promotion Council was established. On November 16, 2001, the Japanese Foundation for the Promotion of the Arts laws were presented to the
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gained Japanese cinema international praise and made these directors universally renown and highly influential. Some of the Japanese films of this period are now rated some of the
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produced fiction films that were strongly realistic in style. Films reinforced the importance of traditional Japanese values against the rise of the Westernised
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and newspapers printing detailed discussions of the cinema of the day, both at home and abroad. A cultured "impressionist" criticism pursued by critics such as
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Unlike in the West, silent films were still being produced in Japan well into the 1930s; as late as 1938, a third of Japanese films were silent. For instance,
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During this period, when Japan was expanding its Empire, the Japanese government saw cinema as a propaganda tool to show the glory and invincibility of the
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started using techniques new to the silent film era, such as the close-up and cut back. The Pure Film Movement was central in the development of the
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was met with similarly positive international reception. Satoshi Kon also released three quieter, but nonetheless highly successful films:
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featuring rebellious antiheroes in fast-cut fight scenes that were both critically acclaimed and commercial successes. Some stars, such as
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pre-emptively destroyed films they thought to be incriminating. In November 1945, CIE announced that it would forbid films deemed to be:
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Previously, the category was called Best Foreign Language Film before being updated to Best International Feature Film in April 2019.
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genre, was a silent film. A few Japanese sound shorts were made in the 1920s and 1930s, but Japan's first feature-length talkie was
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Benshi, Japanese Silent Film Narrators, and Their Forgotten Narrative Art of Setsumei: A History of Japanese Silent Film Narration
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Benshi, Japanese Silent Film Narrators, and Their Forgotten Narrative Art of Setsumei: A History of Japanese Silent Film Narration
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rose in popularity, with new animated movies released every summer and winter, often based upon popular anime television series.
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storytellers, theater barkers and other forms of oral storytelling. Benshi could be accompanied by music like silent films from
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The huge level of activity of 1960s Japanese cinema also resulted in many classics. Akira Kurosawa directed the 1961 classic
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in 1952, and marked the entrance of Japanese cinema onto the world stage. It was also the breakout role for legendary star
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Because of World War II and the weak economy, unemployment became widespread in Japan, and the cinema industry suffered.
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The 1980s saw the decline of the major Japanese film studios and their associated chains of cinemas, with major studios
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Some Hollywood directors have turned to Tokyo as a backdrop for movies set in Japan. Post-war period examples include
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led to a rise in diversity in movie distribution thanks to the increased output and popularity of the film studios of
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moved from documentary into fiction film, while feature filmmakers like Oshima and Imamura also made documentaries.
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dramas saw a small and temporary boom amid the wave of sentimental war dramas produced after the end of Occupation.
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industry became the stepping stone for many young independent filmmakers. The seventies also saw the start of the "
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Four films have so far received international recognition by being selected to compete in major film festivals:
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from other countries, as well as films produced in Japan by unknown Japanese filmmakers, to Japanese audiences.
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With the rise of left-wing political movements and labor unions at the end of the 1920s, there arose so-called
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set in the 1930s. Controversial for its explicit sexual content, it has never been seen uncensored in Japan.
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Japanese films gained popularity in the mid-1920s against foreign films, in part fueled by the popularity of
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was honored at the Berlin, the Yokohama and the Shanghai Film Festivals in 2001. Takeshi Kitano appeared in
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in 2008, to international acclaim. After several years of directing primarily lower-key live-action films,
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became the most important documentarists: "two figures tower over the landscape of Japanese documentary."
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The 1930s also saw increased government involvement in cinema, which was symbolized by the passing of the
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ever to screen In Competition at Cannes. The film was co-produced by British independent producer
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in 1945, wartime controls and restrictions on the Japanese film industry were abolished, and the
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hosted by the Nippon Academy-shō Association is considered to be the Japanese equivalent of the
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A Hundred Years of Japanese Film: A Concise History, with a Selective Guide to DVDs and Videos
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The first female Japanese performer to appear in a film professionally was the dancer/actress
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Visions of Japanese Modernity: Articulations of Cinema, Nation, and Spectatorship, 1895–1925
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Kenji Mizoguchi, who died in 1956, ended his career with a series of masterpieces including
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A History of Early Cinema in Kyoto, Japan (1896–1912). Cinematographe and Inabata Katsutaro
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for "making films that don't make any sense and don't make any money" after his surrealist
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A History of Movie Theaters and Audiences in Postwar Kyoto, the Capital of Japanese Cinema
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was a very popular actress. She rose to international stardom with 22 wartime movies. The
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tetralogy, a new series of films providing an alternate retelling of the original story.
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play. Early films were influenced by traditional theater – for example, kabuki and
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in 2001, breaking Japanese box office records and winning several awards—including the
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for Best Film in 1978. New wave filmmakers Susumu Hani and Shōhei Imamura retreated to
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and released in 1951. There was also a black-and-white version of this film available.
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portrayed the attack on Pearl Harbor; the film made use of special effects directed by
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List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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Gentō no seiki: eiga zenʾya no shikaku bunkashi = Centuries of magic lanterns in Japan
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List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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called for a broader use of such cinematic techniques. Some of these critics, such as
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Cinema of Actuality: Japanese Avant-garde Filmmaking in the Season of Image Politics
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The year 1954 saw two of Japan's most influential films released. The first was the
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were to be processed and approved by CIE. The script would then be processed by the
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in a short cameo. Suzuki Ikuzo's Tonichi Enterprises Company co-produced the film.
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In October 2011 (after fully reopening of Japanese film and television industry),
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or "culture films"), with important documentaries being made by directors such as
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by Kei Kumai were nominated to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Nornes, Abé Mark (2011). "Noriaki Tsuchimoto and the Reverse View Documentary".
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Film companies fought back in various ways, such as the bigger budget films of
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Shadows on the Screen: Tanizaki Junʾichirō on Cinema and "Oriental" Aesthetics
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In early 2020, the Japanese film and television industry was afflicted by the
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in 2004 and 2008 respectively. In 2004, Mamoru Oshii released the anime movie
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and formed their own independent production companies where directors such as
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in the United States in 1894, was first shown in Japan in November 1896. The
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critics' list of the 100 greatest films of all time and also topped the 2012
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Japanese Reference Materials for Studying Japanese Cinema at Yale University
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Mr. Smith Goes to Tokyo: The Japanese Cinema under the Occupation, 1945–1952
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In October 2020 (after the reopening film industry), a Japanese anime film
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa gained international recognition following the release of
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During the 1950s, a period dubbed the "Golden Age of Japanese cinema", the
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In March 2011, Japanese film and television industry was afflicted by the
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movement, which began in the 1950s and continued through the early 1970s.
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Writing in Light: The Silent Scenario and the Japanese Pure Film Movement
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became an international icon of Japan and spawned an entire subgenre of
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to tell stories, instead relying on benshi. In what was later named the
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Hayao Miyazaki directed two mammoth box office and critical successes,
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in Japan. At the same time, the popularity of mini theaters continued.
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series, made a trilogy of acclaimed revisionist samurai films, 2002's
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and an Honorary Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It also won the
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Yoshishige Yoshida; Masao Yamaguchi; Naoyuki Kinoshita, eds. (1995).
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A major consequence of these restrictions was that the production of
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Film criticism shared this vitality, with many film journals such as
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have resulted in a great dearth of surviving films from this period.
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created a production company to produce the experimental masterpiece
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claimed film festival awards around the world with two of his films
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advocated for documentary or realist drama, while directors such as
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were prominent examples. In contrast to these commercially produced
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were first presented in Japan in early 1897, by businessmen such as
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Forest of Pressure: Ogawa Shinsuke and Postwar Japanese Documentary
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Eros Plus Massacre: An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave Cinema
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The Attractive Empire: Transnational Film Culture in Imperial Japan
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Tears of Longing: Nostalgia and the Nation in Japanese Popular Song
5267:. New York and Chichester: Columbia University Press. p. 101. 4379: 4345: 3562: 3444:, his first animated project since the 1995 short film compilation 3440: 3141: 2855: 2845: 2813:, though Imamura made a dramatic return to feature filmmaking with 2773: 2512: 2235: 2134: 2034: 2030: 1474: 1258: 1135: 1131: 1080: 1020: 1016: 955: 939: 893:
The first Japanese film production studio was built in 1909 by the
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Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of the Big G
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dealing with or approving the subjugation or degradation of women;
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won an Academy Honorary Award for Best Foreign Language Film for
1753:(1946), the first kiss scene of a Japanese movie was filmed. The 1655: 1619: 1579: 1551:(CIE), which came to manage the industry. All film proposals and 1174: 826: 735: 6406:. Wisconsin Studies in Film. The University of Wisconsin Press. 6233:
To the Distant Observer: Form and Meaning in the Japanese Cinema
2391:(1955). Yasujirō Ozu began directing color films beginning with 1399:
signing autographs for Japanese soldiers in Northern China, 1938
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which received critical praise around the world. His 2008 film
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Of the older generation of directors, Akira Kurosawa directed
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A New History of Japanese Cinema: A Century of Narrative Film
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were established in 1950. The first winner for Best Film was
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for being too theatrical (using, for instance, elements from
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actor, to star in his productions. Onoe became Japan's first
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Nihon eigashi no kenkyū: katsudō shashin torai zengo no jijō
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of Japanese cinema. Three Japanese films from this decade (
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Japanese Documentary Film: The Meiji Era through Hiroshima
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made three films which would collectively become known as
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At the dawn of the 20th century, theaters in Japan hired
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emerged as major filmmakers during the decade. Oshima's
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of 209 critics in 43 countries. Japan has also won the
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The Aesthetics of Shadow: Lighting and Japanese Cinema
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A Page of Madness: Cinema and Modernity in 1920s Japan
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Eiga denrai: shinematogurafu to <Meiji no Nihon>
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won the Academy Award for best foreign language film.
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emerged as a significant filmmaker with works such as
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New directors who appeared in the 1980s include actor
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Nippon Modern: Japanese Cinema of the 1920s and 1930s
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Reframing Japanese Cinema: Authorship, Genre, History
6074: 5232: 5206:. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 82. 2877:(1985). Seijun Suzuki made a comeback beginning with 2086:
Academy Honorary Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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was dominant, but opposed by leftist critics such as
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often focused on chastising the work of studios like
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War movies covering themes previously restricted by
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in 2002. They also appeared in the 2012 polls, with
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directed the critically and commercially successful
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depicting brutality, violence or evil as triumphant;
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The Waves At Genji's Door: Japan Through Its Cinema
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The Flash of Capital: Film and Geopolitics in Japan
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Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan
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Anderson and Richie, 77 (1960 Grove Press edition).
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On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi
1828:filmmakers displaced from the major studios in the 6535:Nolletti, Arthur Jr.; Desser, David, eds. (1992). 6469: 6281: 5527: 3196:directed the award-winning psychological thriller 2749:, garnered it wide critical acclaim within Japan. 2407:(1958), which was adapted from his earlier silent 2234:. Although it was edited for its Western release, 2179:, the first Japanese film to achieve that honour. 1942:'s "Himeyuri no Tô - Tower of the Lilies" (1953), 1504:started to lean more to a militaristic viewpoint. 958:) and for not utilizing what were considered more 930:(begun in 1909) and a full-length book written by 6079:(Expanded ed.). Princeton University Press. 5204:Cinema of Ozu Yasujiro: Histories of the Everyday 4998:"Tokuko Nagai Takaki: Japan's First Film Actress" 4859: 4489:. UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Archived from 4463:. UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Archived from 3821:Academy Award for Best International Feature Film 789:In 1898, some ghost films were made, such as the 10797: 5415: 5413: 4697:"Academy Announces Rule Changes For 92nd Oscars" 3868:: films set in the present day, the opposite of 2756:was created. The first winner for Best Film was 2338:(1959). The trilogy was completed in 1961, with 1934:began to be produced, such as Hideo Sekigawa's " 1832:joined those displaced after suppression of the 1250:Talkie System used to make Tojo Masaki's films. 598:, has a history that spans more than 100 years. 6786:(includes film database, box office statistics) 6302: 5687:"Thwarted talent hampers Japan's new media age" 5449: 4912: 4479: 4441:. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan 3117:launched a prolific career with titles such as 1615:or contempt of life as desirable and honorable; 680:five times, more than any other Asian country. 576: 6961:Akira Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Competition 6534: 6043: 6015: 5987: 5926: 5867: 5839: 5835: 5833: 4629:. British Film Institute. 2012. Archived from 4487:"Table 6: Share of Top 3 distributors (Excel)" 3589:was in competition for the Golden Bear at the 2452:was at the center of many of Kurosawa's films. 1980:who was supposed to be sacred and inviolable. 591: 570: 10404: 10299: 8934: 7662: 6849: 6784:Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan 6688: 5410: 5364:"BFI | Sight & Sound | Top Ten Poll 2002" 4888:"Seek Japan | J-Horror: An Alternative Guide" 4004:: realistic films about common working people 3653:was In Competition for the Palme d'Or at the 3607:was In Competition for the Palme d'Or at the 1640:at variance with the spirit or letter of the 1388:who sought an ideological critique of films. 1015:New studios established around 1920, such as 890:was a popular romantic lead of the same era. 545: 6971:Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award 5380: 5286: 5284: 5002:Bright Lights Film Journal 30 (October 2000) 4543:"Japanese Box Office Sales Fall 18% in 2011" 6603: 6075:Anderson, Joseph L.; Donald Richie (1982). 5830: 5769:Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 5139: 4675:Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 4593: 4461:"Table 8: Cinema Infrastructure - Capacity" 3959:: films featuring swordplay, also known as 3767:The 2020 Japanese epic disaster drama film 2954:, and the critically acclaimed Roman porno 1760:The first movie released after the war was 1023:, aided the cause for reform. At Taikatsu, 10411: 10397: 10351: 10306: 10292: 8941: 8927: 7669: 7655: 6856: 6842: 6726:Toki Akihiro & Mizuguchi Kaoru (1996) 5898: 5345:Anime, Japanese Cinema's Second Golden Age 4863:Reading a Japanese Film: Cinema in Context 4601:"Directors' 10 Greatest Films of All Time" 4453: 4253:List of highest-grossing non-English films 3697:onto the international stage as producer. 3206:also gained considerable recognition with 3139:launched an acclaimed feature career with 2133:and Robert Peyton. It featured the geisha 1637:condoning the exploitation of children; or 552: 538: 37: 6121:The Benshi-Japanese Silent Film Narrators 5990:"Japan Box Office Drops Slightly in 2013" 5704: 5702: 5700: 5281: 4750: 4671:"Academy announces rules for 92nd Oscars" 4645:"The 100 greatest foreign-language films" 2618:(1964) won the Special Jury Prize at the 2246:longest-running film franchise in history 1820:In the later half of the Occupation, the 1309:. Notable talkies of this period include 6334: 6182: 6137: 5954: 5929:"Japanese B.O. rises 7.7% to $ 2.14 bil" 5555: 5044: 4970: 4832: 3967:describing the sound of swords clashing) 3948:(1603–1868) or earlier, the opposite of 3214: 3003:followed suit by adapting his own manga 2917: 2867:(1980), which won the Palme d'Or at the 2711: 2444: 2218:directed the anti-nuclear monster-drama 2181: 2147:, was the first movie that filmed using 1909:s critics' and directors' polls for the 1867: 1776: 1688: 1462: 1390: 1267: 1153:with left-leaning tendencies. Directors 1027:directed films scripted by the novelist 914: 815:made a number of early films, including 734: 719: 7942:Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598) 7590:List of highest-grossing films in Japan 7585:List of highest-grossing Japanese films 6606:Research Guide to Japanese Film Studies 6604:Nornes, Abé Mark; Gerow, Aaron (2009). 6445: 6118: 6093: 5842:"Japanese box office climbs 7% in 2010" 5655:The Documentaries of Noriaki Tsuchimoto 5561: 5339: 5337: 4807: 4741: 4433: 4431: 4429: 4427: 4425: 4423: 4248:List of highest-grossing films in Japan 4243:List of highest-grossing Japanese films 3627:68th Venice International Film Festival 3591:60th Berlin International Film Festival 3390:Academy Award for Best Animated Feature 2792:introduced the commercially successful 2684:17th Berlin International Film Festival 2648:13th Berlin International Film Festival 2248:. Also in 1954, another Kurosawa film, 1549:Civil Information and Education Section 1545:Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers 14: 10798: 6644: 6622: 6580: 6555: 6518:The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Cinema 6467: 6420: 6276: 6257: 6208: 5776:from the original on November 28, 2017 5708: 5697: 5681: 5679: 5652: 5646: 5626:Japanese Cinema in the 1950s and 1960s 5262: 5250: 5238: 5226: 5159:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199731664.013.005 5150:The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Cinema 4722:"The Official Academy Awards Database" 4439:"Statistics of Film Industry in Japan" 3289:met with commercial success. In 2004, 2361:(1954). He won the Silver Bear at the 2256:4th Berlin International Film Festival 2104:3rd Berlin International Film Festival 1534: 1519:in the 1970s and served for 18 years. 1293:(1935), considered a precursor to the 10392: 10287: 8922: 7650: 6837: 6512: 6490: 6379: 6353: 6227: 5894: 5892: 5604:from the original on December 6, 2016 5525: 5519: 5133: 3531:The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 3135:(1998). Former documentary filmmaker 2527:The 1960s were the peak years of the 650:The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time 6666: 6401: 6160: 5667: 5562:Haddick, Alicia (January 14, 2021). 5334: 5315: 4947:"Who's Who in Japanese Silent Films" 4835:"Utushi-e (Japanese Phantasmagoria)" 4756: 4420: 4040: 3731: 2911:(1986), his first film since 1973's 2497:Kon Ichikawa captured the watershed 2478:. Yasujirō Ozu made his final film, 1878:The 1950s are widely considered the 1493:The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya 1346:The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums 994:, based in turn on the German film, 6520:. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 6077:The Japanese Film: Art and Industry 6044:Mark Schilling (January 27, 2015). 6016:Gavin J. Blair (January 26, 2015). 5988:Gavin J. Blair (January 28, 2014). 5927:Mark Schilling (January 30, 2013). 5868:Patrick Frater (January 27, 2012). 5840:Patrick Frater (January 28, 2011). 5676: 5386:"The 50 Greatest Films of All Time" 5374: 5265:What Is Japanese Cinema?: A History 5201: 4975:. New York: Continuum. p. 18. 3229:Although not a commercial success, 2490:in 1960; his final film was 1967's 1709:Significant movies among them are, 715: 24: 10418: 10313: 8118:2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami 7676: 6991:Japanese Professional Movie Awards 6828:Japanese Film Festival (Singapore) 6387:. University of California Press. 6235:. University of California Press. 5889: 5499:Super Common Knowledge of Godzilla 4637: 2785:Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1654:films, especially those involving 683:Japan's Big Four film studios are 84:Produced feature films (2021) 25: 10817: 7985:Imperial Constitution (1890–1947) 6798:: Festival of New Japanese Film ( 6712: 6498:. Durham: Duke University Press. 4995: 4837:. Media Art Plaza. Archived from 3704:won the Palme d'Or for his movie 3450:, in 2004. In collaboration with 1787:The first collaborations between 1525:made his feature film debut with 1458: 1049:) retain a very high reputation. 811:(芸者の手踊り), was made in June 1899. 10779: 10770: 10769: 10350: 10265: 10251: 8948: 8903: 8902: 8891: 7003: 6865: 5764:"The 75th Academy Awards (2003)" 5130:", Freda Freiberg, Filmsound.org 5128:The Transition to Sound in Japan 4044: 3735: 3714:, a festival that also featured 3472:and revisited his still-popular 3040: 3019:made possible the creation of a 2228:for its distribution in 1956 as 2001: 1987: 1178:Proletarian Film League of Japan 160: 97:Number of admissions (2021) 7600:List of Japanese film directors 6767:(films after 1945, in Japanese) 6751:(films after 1896, in Japanese) 6689:Wada-Marciano, Mitsuyo (2008). 6361:. Center for Japanese Studies, 6068: 6037: 6009: 5981: 5948: 5920: 5899:Jason Gray (January 30, 2013). 5861: 5802: 5788: 5756: 5728: 5661: 5616: 5586: 5487: 5469: 5443: 5356: 5309: 5293: 5256: 5195: 5182: 5120: 5111: 5100: 5089: 5076: 5063: 5038: 5029: 5020: 4989: 4964: 4939: 4906: 4880: 4853: 4826: 4801: 4776: 4735: 4714: 4689: 4663: 4372: 4363: 4315:List of Japanese-language films 4268:List of Japanese film directors 3727: 3407:Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence 2932:, who directed his first film, 2848:supported almost solely by the 2626:and Best Foreign Language Film 2487:When a Woman Ascends the Stairs 2312:(1958), which was adapted from 2231:Godzilla, King of the Monsters! 1936:Listen to the Voices of the Sea 1039:, whose later works (including 966:, writers in magazines such as 832: 678:Best International Feature Film 10737:British Indian Ocean Territory 8471:Agriculture, forestry, fishing 6630:. Princeton University Press. 6190:. Princeton University Press. 5957:"Japan B.O. down 0.5% in 2013" 5709:Masuda, Miki (June 10, 2015). 5454:. Princeton University Press. 5316:Yano, Christine Reiko (2010). 4866:. University of Hawaii Press. 4615: 4563: 4535: 4505: 4320:List of Japanese movie studios 3794:Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 3168:highest-grossing film in Japan 2992:Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind 2501:in his three-hour documentary 2457:growth of film series such as 2294:directed two anti-war dramas: 1622:either directly or indirectly; 754:, first shown commercially by 638:(1953) ranked number three in 46: 13: 1: 6986:Japanese Movie Critics Awards 6771:National Film Center Database 6720:Chronology of Japanese Cinema 6587:University of Minnesota Press 6564:University of Minnesota Press 6211:The Cinema of Japan and Korea 6188:Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema 5955:Kevin Ma (January 29, 2014). 5901:"Japanese box office up 7.7%" 5715:Columbia University Libraries 5477:"Tokyo File 212: Detail View" 4763:Who's Who of Victorian Cinema 4414: 4036: 3650:Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai 3634:Tohoku earthquake and tsunami 3539:The Day the Earth Stood Still 3011:feature film of the same name 2997:feature film of the same name 2318:Temple Of The Golden Pavilion 1900:) appeared in the top ten of 1863: 1120:honed their skills. Director 583:, also known domestically as 6541:. Indiana University Press. 6288:. Indiana University Press. 6213:. Wallflower Press, London. 6209:Bowyer, Justin, ed. (2004). 6144:Wayne State University Press 6123:. Tokyo: Urban Connections. 5870:"Japanese BO plunges by 18%" 5657:. Zakka Films. pp. 2–4. 3800:In October 2021, a Japanese 3672:Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence 3595:Silver Bear for Best Actress 3245:and directed and starred in 2844:barely staying in business, 2190:(left) and effects director 1840:movement. Directors such as 1597:distorting historical facts; 1447:, a character epitomised by 799:(Jizo the Spook / 化け地蔵) and 110:Gross box office (2021) 7: 8059:1923 Great Kantō earthquake 8005:Abolition of the han system 6749:Agency for Cultural Affairs 6672:Currents In Japanese Cinema 6102:University of Hawaiʻi Press 5670:Currents in Japanese Cinema 5305:(in Japanese). mainichi.jp. 5290:Yomota (2014), pp. 107, 109 5153:. Oxford University Press. 5096:Japanese films of the 1920s 4742:Tsukada, Yoshinobu (1980). 4392:Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto 4221: 3621:was in competition for the 2731:in 1973. In the same year, 2646:won the Golden Bear at the 2327:The Human Condition Trilogy 2109:The first Japanese film in 1557:Civil Censorship Detachment 1356:Humanity and Paper Balloons 1300:Fujiwara Yoshie no furusato 1279:Humanity and Paper Balloons 1237:, known internationally as 1235:Fujiwara Yoshie no furusato 577: 10: 10822: 6695:University of Hawaii Press 5505:. 2016. pp. 152–153. 4860:Keiko I. McDonald (2006). 4833:Kusahara, Machiko (1999). 4263:List of Japanese actresses 3813:Best Foreign Language Film 3638:Fukushima nuclear disaster 3505:; recent examples include 3163:E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 2769:In the Realm of the Senses 2254:was in competition at the 2102:was in competition at the 1757:was also created in 1946. 1512:Manchukuo Film Association 1472: 1261:on flammable and unstable 1075:A Diary of Chuji's Travels 710: 10765: 10724: 10684: 10426: 10321: 10245: 10202: 10169: 10092: 10025: 10018: 9961: 9866: 9783: 9710: 9701: 9669: 9554: 9511: 9453: 9286: 9231: 9222: 9192: 9146: 9090: 9014: 8978: 8969: 8956: 8886: 8654: 8532: 8523: 8466: 8457: 8392: 8269: 8265: 8256: 8169: 8160: 8128: 8071:Japan during World War II 8041: 7950: 7888:Mongol invasions of Japan 7863: 7788: 7715: 7706: 7688: 7608: 7577: 7180: 7104: 7097: 7012: 7001: 6951: 6942:Nikkan Sports Film Awards 6898: 6891: 6878: 6581:Nornes, Abé Mark (2007). 6556:Nornes, Abé Mark (2003). 6339:. Duke University Press. 6335:Furuhata, Yuriko (2013). 6262:. Duke University Press. 6241:2027/spo.aaq5060.0001.001 6138:Bernardi, Joanne (2001). 6094:Baskett, Michael (2008). 5534:. ECW Press. p. 58. 5190:Japanese Documentary Film 5084:Japanese Documentary Film 4971:Standish, Isolde (2005). 3830: 3788:Demon Slayer: Mugen Train 3712:71st Cannes Film Festival 3655:2012 Cannes Film Festival 3609:2010 Cannes Film Festival 3470:his own production studio 3160:(1992) – which beat 2869:1980 Cannes Film Festival 2766:. Nagisa Oshima directed 2690:companies losing money. 2410:A Story of Floating Weeds 2385:The Sound of the Mountain 1211:Kurama Tengu: Kyōfu Jidai 658:, while Akira Kurosawa's 592: 571: 129: 114: 109: 101: 96: 88: 83: 67: 59: 45: 36: 31: 10486:East Timor (Timor-Leste) 9164:Central African Republic 8345:House of Representatives 8141:2019 imperial transition 8113:Great Hanshin earthquake 8081:Second Sino-Japanese War 8054:Japan during World War I 6930:Japan Academy Film Prize 6745:Japanese Cinema Database 6303:Dym, Jeffrey A. (2003). 6202:Available online at the 5672:. Kodansha. p. 244. 5450:Prince, Stephen (1999). 5301: 5263:Yomota, Inuhiko (2014). 5047:The Japanese Period Film 5045:Thornton, S. A. (2008). 4951:Matsuda Film Productions 4913:Dym, Jeffrey A. (2003). 4356: 4228:Japan Academy Film Prize 3887:Japanese science fiction 3817:79th Golden Globe Awards 3574:House of Representatives 3257:. Several horror films, 3232:All About Lily Chou-Chou 3132:The Bird People in China 2858:declining even further. 2788:series of yakuza films. 2705:", films starring young 2622:, and was nominated for 2413:(1934), and was shot by 2068:The decade started with 1854:Japanese Communist Party 1730:A Ball at the Anjo House 1720:No Regrets for Our Youth 1678:and the organization of 1606:religious discrimination 1423:. Realism was in favor; 1241:) were the two earliest 934:in 1914, but many early 701:Japan Academy Film Prize 10747:Cocos (Keeling) Islands 10326:Telecommunications Bank 8028:First Sino-Japanese War 6966:Bunshun Kiichigo Awards 6822:Japanese Cinema to 1960 6790:Japanese Movie Database 6429:Smithsonian Institution 6402:High, Peter B. (2003). 6166:Japanese Film Directors 5481:American Film Institute 4808:Iwamoto, Kenji (2002). 4332:(The Japanese New Wave) 4258:List of Japanese actors 3325:. 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