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Please post captures from movies, posters, publicity shots, production stills, photos of japanese film artists and directors.

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About Cinema of Japan

"The cinema of Japan (日本映画 Nihon eiga?) has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world. Movies have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived. Notable films from the Japanese film industry are: Tokyo Story, Seven Samurai, Ugetsu, Ikiru, Godzilla, among many others.

Genres:

Anime: Animation. Anime refers to "Japanese animation" in English.
Jidaigeki: period pieces set during the Edo period (1603–1868) or earlier.
Samurai cinema, a subgenre of jidaigeki, also known as chambara (onomatopoeia describing the sound of swords clashing).
Ninja: films about ninja
J-Horror: horror films such as Ring
Cult Horror, such as Battle Royale or Suicide Club
Kaiju: monster films, such as Godzilla
Yakuza films: films about Yakuza mobsters.
Seishun eiga: films about teenagers
Gendaigeki: modern life films
Shomingeki: realistic films about common working people"
Japanese cyberpunk: underground film produced in Japan starting in the late 1980s.

(from wikipedia)


Osaka Elegy (1936)

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