Cinema Escapist
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11 WWII Movies From the Japanese perspective
BY Jordan Li
Check out 10 of the best Japanese WWII movies. Learn about World War II from a different perspective!
The 10 Best Japanese Movies of 2017
BY Akshay Suggula
Ten Japanese movies from 2017 that are worth your attention.
This Movie Helps Explain Why Turkey And Japan Are Such Good Friends
BY Anthony Kao
"Ertugrul 1890" reveals how it all starts with a century-old disaster.
5 Japanese Movies (and 3 Shorts) to Watch If You Love Cats
BY Anthony Kao
Like cats? Like Japanese movies? Check out these Japanese movies with cats!
Review: If Cats Disappeared from the World (Japan, 2016)
BY Anthony Kao
A heartfelt Japanese film with a somewhat misleading title (fortunately).
Review: The Eternal Zero (Japan, 2013)
BY Jordan Li
2013 was a good year for Japanese aviation fans. Hayao Miyazaki released his magnum opus The Wind Rises, a fictionalized biopic of Jiro Horikoshi (the...
Review: Neko Samurai (Japan, 2014)
BY Anthony Kao
What do you get when you cross the internet’s favorite animal with sword-wielding Japanese warriors? Well, something a lot like the 2014 Japanese comedy-drama Neko...
Review: Rent-A-Cat (Japan, 2012)
BY Richard Yu
With Rent-A-Cat (Rentaneko), Director Naoko Ogigami brings us a self-written film touching upon the loneliness that plagues many in modern society, but especially in Japan...
Review: Yamato (Japan, 2005)
BY Anthony Kao
Commissioned a week after Pearl Harbor in 1941, the battleship Yamato is a fitting metaphor for the rise and fall of the Japanese Empire during...