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in Japanese, and even Japan’s selection for the US’s 96th Academy Awards. This humanistic drama centers on Hirayama, a toilet cleaner in Tokyo who lives a structured and simple life. Hirayama loves music and books, and also spends his time photographing trees....
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Legendary director Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire, Until the End of the World) helms this engrossing drama about driving. A janitor living in Japan finds himself driving from job to job. During his commute, he finds pleasure in rock music. That’s just one of four short stories in this off...
As the two travel across Japan, their relationship develops and they begin to confront the dark realities of their past and the choices that they’ve made. 3. “Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop” (2021) Play Japanese title: サイダーのように言葉が湧き上がる (Saidaa no Yō ni Kotoba ga...
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Also Read:Funny Movies on Netflix mubi.com 3. Seven Samurai/Shichinin No Samurai (1954) Set in the feudal ages in a village in Japan under attack by bandits,Seven Samuraiis an adventure drama directed by Akira Kurosawa about the villagers subsequently recruiting seven unemployed samurai to help...
Overview:This particular time in history doesn’t have to be presented as a period drama to be shocking, action-packed and full of high stakes– the true sequence of events are dramatic enough as they are. In this documentary series, the end of Japan’s Warring States period is chronicled...
Ran does not simply transport Shakespeare’s drama about family and the ghosts of poor decisions into feudal Japan. Kurosawa uses the vital pieces of that story’s DNA to create something that adds yet another shade to the seemingly endless potential of one of Shakespeare’s best tragedies. Ran...