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Movies about Japan: Historical

By moviejourneys On March 29, 2015 · Add Comment · In Far East, Japan & Korea
In the early 1950s, three Japanese movies won Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The first of these was Rashomon (1950), a period drama made by Akira Kurosawa. It is widely acknowledged as the first Japanese film to open the doors to the Western market in the years after World War II. The story [...]
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Movies about Japan: 20th Century Forward

By moviejourneys On March 26, 2015 · Add Comment · In Far East, Japan & Korea, Uncategorized
The years following World War II brought on an intensity of reflection for both the Japanese people and their American occupiers. Each side struggled to come to terms with what had happened, and to move past it. Much of this examination occurred through the lens of the movie camera. One facet of Japanese self-reflection in this [...]
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Movies about the Koreas

By moviejourneys On January 30, 2015 · Add Comment · In Far East, Japan & Korea
Neither North Korea nor South Korea have released enough movies to the Western market for me to be able to build effective models of their history and culture. Here is a brief sampler of a few movies from South Korea that touch on some high points. I will not dignify The Interview as a movie [...]
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