Japan’s Golden Legacy at the Cannes Film Festival

From more than a century ago, when theaters hired benshi — movie talkers descended from oral storytellers — to narrate silent films, Japanese cinema has been pushing artistic boundaries. Directors from this country such as Akira Kurosawa, Yasujiro Ozu and Hirokazu Koreeda have had a lasting impact on the landscape of global cinema through revolutionary […]

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