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Genre: Crime/ murder mystery. Plot: Pulpy, juicy and absolutely gory: The Tattoo Murder is set in the late 1940s in Tokyo, right after the horrors of World War II. The classic locked room mystery introduces us to Kinue, a beautiful tattooed woman who also happens to be the daughter of a famous tattoo artist.
Who is Momotarō the Peach Boy? Is the Snow Woman truly evil? Here are seven famous Japanese folklore stories to know for your Japanese holiday.
So join us in this process, and let’s look at some of the best movies of Japanese cinema from the ongoing 21 st century: 1. Audition (2000) Takashi Miike’s adaptation of Ryu Murakami’s 1997 novel was made in 1999. It was adapted for the screen by Daisuke Tengan (son of Shohei Imamura).
Japan - Shintoism, Buddhism, Samurai: It is not known when humans first settled on the Japanese archipelago. It was long believed that there was no Paleolithic occupation in Japan, but since World War II thousands of sites have been unearthed throughout the country, yielding a wide variety of Paleolithic tools.
In 1945, Mishima began the short story A Story at the Cape (岬にての物語, Misaki nite no Monogatari) and continued to work on it through the end of World War II. After the war, it was praised by Shizuo Itō whom Mishima respected.
The samurai warriors are a key element of Japanese culture and history. Here is a list of the famous Japanese samurais and learn about their clans.
In fact, Japanese literature is filled with memorable samurai characters, each embodying different aspects of the samurai ethos. For example, in Takashi Matsuoka’s novel “Cloud of Sparrows,” set in the late 19th century, the character of Lord Genji is a powerful samurai leader who must navigate the changing times as Japan opens up to the West.
