Bryan Harzheim takes a look at a few recently published academic books on Japanese cinema: Nippon Modern, The Attractive Empire, and The Japanese Period Film. While the concept of "national cinema" ...

Japanese cinema includes a diverse world of storytelling with an emphasis on connection. You don’t need to be a film connoisseur to find something within it that resonates with you. From intimate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kô Shibasaki and Hirohito Honda in Battle Royale (2000) Perhaps no world cinema industry in the last few decades has had an effect ...