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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 ...
Jidaigeki (時代劇) is a genre of film, television, video game, and theatre in Japan. Literally meaning "period dramas", it refers to stories that take place before the Meiji Restoration of 1868. [1] Jidaigeki show the lives of the samurai, farmers, craftsmen, and merchants of their time. Jidaigeki films are sometimes referred to as chambara ...
H. Hard Rain (film) The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things. Hellboy: Sword of Storms. Here Come the Littles. High Noon for Gangsters. The Host (2006 film) The House Where Evil Dwells.
Old Japanese (上代日本語, Jōdai Nihon-go) is the oldest attested stage of the Japanese language, recorded in documents from the Nara period (8th century). It became Early Middle Japanese in the succeeding Heian period, but the precise delimitation of the stages is controversial. Old Japanese was an early member of the Japonic language family.
Departures (2008 film) Departures. (2008 film) Departures (Japanese: おくりびと, Hepburn: Okuribito, "one who sends off") is a 2008 Japanese drama film directed by Yōjirō Takita and starring Masahiro Motoki, Ryōko Hirosue, and Tsutomu Yamazaki. The film follows a young man who returns to his hometown after a failed career as a cellist ...
Farewell, My Dear Cramer: First Touch. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Licht - The Nameless Girl. Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel. Fujiko's Lie. Fushigi Dagashiya Zenitendō: Tsuritai Yaki.
The Hidden Fortress ( Kakushi toride no san akunin) (1958) High and Low ( Tengoku to jigoku) (1963) Himitsu (1999) Hols: Prince of the Sun ( Taiyō no Ōji: Horusu no Daibōken) (1968) House of Himiko ( Mezon do Himiko, La Maison de Himiko) (2005) Howl's Moving Castle ( Hauru no ugoku shiro) (2004) The Human Condition trilogy (1959–61)
The following is a list of foreign films set in Japan.Japan has provided an exotic and cosmopolitan backdrop to many international films set mostly or entirely in Japan. A common theme of western films set in Japan is the differences between Japanese and Western culture and how the characters cope with their new surroundings.