Cinema of Japan
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The (also known domestically as ) has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world – as of 2010 the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. In 2011 Japan produced 411 feature films that earned 54.9% of a box office total of US$2.338 billion. Movies have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived. In a ranking of the best films produced in Asia by Sight & Sound, Japan made up eight of the top twelve, with Tokyo Story ranked number one. Japan has won the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film four times, again more than any other country in Asia. Some notable Japanese films are Tokyo Story, Seven Samurai, Ugetsu, Tampopo, In the Realm of the Senses, and Godzilla.
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Japanese Cinema Database Japanese Cinema Database www.japanese-cinema-db.jp - Web |
Japanese Film Database Japanese Film Database jfdb.jp/en/ - Web |
Kinema Junpo Database Kinema Junpo Database www.kinejun.jp - Web |
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National Film Center Database National Film Center Database www.momat.go.jp/search.html - Web |
Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan www.eiren.org/aboutus_e/index.html - Web |
Japanese Movie Database Japanese Movie Database www.jmdb.ne.jp - Web |
Kinema Club Kinema Club pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/Markus/Welcome.html - Web |
Midnight Eye Midnight Eye www.midnighteye.com - Web |
Resources for the Study of Japanese Cinema Resources for the Study of Japanese Cinema www.lib.uiowa.edu/eac/japan/refsources.html - Web |
Japanese Reference Materials for Studying Japanese... Japanese Reference Materials for Studying Japanese Cinema at Yale University guides.library.yale.edu/JapanFilm - Web |
Japanese Cinema to 1960 Japanese Cinema to 1960 www.greencine.com/static/primers/japan-60-1.jsp - Web |