Samurai Marathon desires to be placed among the ranks of impressive historical Japanese films that have come before it. The filmmakers were inspired by history and took a small moment of Japanese history and wrapped…
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Japanese cinema
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3 years ago, in 2016, Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name shook both the Japanese box office and the U.S. box office. The film was universally lauded and broke Japanese box office records. Seriously, if you have…
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It’s the time of year in which the classic debate rages amongst film buffs: what is Die Hard: an action film or a Christmas film, or both? Well I for one am sick of hearing it.…
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It might be sixty years old, but The Hidden Fortress is fun, comedy, and adventure rolled up in an epic package. It is just as good today as when it was first made. A Japanese…