The 2024 Shogun TV series stacks up pretty well to history, says a Japanese historian – but the surrounding conversation around “colonialism” is ridiculous.
Godzilla is back for its first Japanese live-action film in seven years with a surprising post-war period piece. The question is, is it any good?
In the mood for the eerie world of Japanese horror this haunting season? Look no further than these five classic films.
Kinji Fukasaku’s 1970s gangster movies upended decades of depictions of the yakuza and held up a mirror to Japanese society at the same time.
As the era of the samurai ended and Japan rushed towards modernization, a rough-scrabble fashion movement called the Bankara rose in opposition.
The entertainment industry’s unwillingness to pay skilled language professionals to produce high-quality localizations is a matter of choice.
Eerie and beautiful, Kwaidan is the perfect introduction to the classic ghost stories of Japan. Further revelations await those who look deeper into its dark mirror.
Once, professional live narrators for silent films in Japan were bigger stars than the actual actors onscreen. This is the story of a lost cinema art form.
The supposed Ghibli successor just released a new animated short. But with the years passing and only one theatrical film to their name, just what is Studio Ponoc?
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