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Killing 2018

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Genres including historical fiction, biographical fiction, period drama, etc.

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From popular genre films to cult avant-garde works, this book is an essential guide to Japan's vibrant cinema culture. It collects two decades of the best of Mark Schilling's film writing for Variety, Japan Times, and other publications. The book offers an in-depth look at hundreds of landmark Japanese movies as well as undeservedly neglected ones. The essays and detailed analyses are interwoven with more than sixty interviews showcasing Japan's most talented directors and stars. This book enables students, teachers, and lovers of Japanese cinema to make new discoveries while learning more about their favorite films.

Mark Schilling set off for Japan in 1975 to immerse himself in the culture, learn the language, and haunt the theaters. He has been there ever since. In 1989 he became a regular film reviewer for The Japan Times, and has written on Japanese film for publications including Variety, Screen International, Premier, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal, Japan Quarterly, Winds, Cinemaya, and Kinema Jumpo.

S: https://www.amazon.com/Art-Cult-Commerce-Japanese-Cinema/dp/1937220095

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Country's: Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, China

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https://asianmoviepulse.com/2021/02/the-40-best-japanese-movies-of-the-decade/4/

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List aligns with "Samurai Collection" from https://theposterdb.com/set/56418

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01–21 / venezia 75 competition
22–23 / out of competition: special events
24–33 / out of competition: fiction
34–43 / out of competition: non-fiction

44–50 / film critics week competition
51 / film critics week out of competition opening film
52 / film critics week out of competition closing film

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Hong Kong Cinema, Old & New Kung-fu films

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SDAFF 2018

by shadesofdarkred

Films shown at San Diego Asian Film Festival 2018

Source: https://sdaff.org/2018/films/

Missing:
MYSTERY KUNG FU THEATER
TO KILL ALICE
BETWEEN TIDES
THE ISLAND

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