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TF Top 10……Films Set In Japan From The 1940s &1950s

Posted on March 6, 2022 by tokyofox

  It should probably be no surprise that the majority of this list are related to WWII given the time period of filming. To be honest, I’m not a fan of most of the films in this post so it … Continue reading →

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Townsend Harris & Zenpuku-ji Temple

Posted on September 30, 2013 by tokyofox

Back in June last year I reviewed the rather poor 1958 film ‘The Barbarian & The Geisha‘ as part of the Films Set In Japan feature on this site. The main man in that film was Townsend Harris played by a … Continue reading →

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Review: Films Set In Japan – The Barbarian And The Geisha (1958)

Posted on June 14, 2012 by tokyofox

‘You Only Live Twice‘ or ‘Walk Don’t Run‘ may be the more famous of the older films set in Japan but I recently encountered one from nearly a decade before those. Of course I was very much aware of John Wayne … Continue reading →

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