Japan in non-Japanese culture

Kusama: Infinity

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 2018 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Now one of the world’s most celebrated artists, Yayoi Kusama broke free of the rigid society in which she was raised, and overcame sexism, racism, and mental illness to bring her artistic vision to th...

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Little Boy

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 2015 IMDB Rating: 7.3

An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a so...

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Tokyo-Ga

Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1985 IMDB Rating: 7.3

German director Wim Wenders made this documentary in which he tries to explore the Tokyo that was depicted in the films of Yasujiro Ozu. When Wenders visits Tokyo for the first time, he finds a very d...

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Bullet Train

Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2022 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision cou...

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Sign Gene

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 7.3

The NYC agent Tom Clerc, deaf and carrier of a powerful gene mutation that enables him to create superpowers through the use of Sign language, is sent to Japan with his colleague to investigate variou...

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Memoirs of a Geisha

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 2005 IMDB Rating: 7.3

A sweeping romantic epic set in Japan in the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

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Minamata

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2020 IMDB Rating: 7.2

War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.

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Enter the Void

Film Age rating: 18 Year: 2009 IMDB Rating: 7.2

This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda. When Oscar is kil...

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Alaska: A Year in the Wild

Series Age rating: n/a Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Documentary following four seasons in the north American state, beginning with winter where temperatures are cold enough to freeze the ocean, and snowfall is measured in feet not inches. Cameras follo...

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