Tag Archives: films inspired by Japan

Review: Films Inspired By Japan – Pearl Harbor (2001)

Posted on December 3, 2020 by tokyofox

Now I have to hold my hands up and admit that when I first watched this back in the early days of Tokyo Fox (that’s 2006 by the way!) I said that “I actually quite enjoyed it despite being an overlong Hollywood … Continue reading →

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Review: Films Inspired By Japan – Equals (2015)

Posted on April 27, 2020 by tokyofox

“Inspired” by Japan may be pushing it but this science fiction romance drama set in a futuristic utopian universe was mostly filmed in Japan so purely for that reason it will be reviewed here on Tokyo Fox! Whenever Japan has been used … Continue reading →

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Review: Films Inspired By Japan – Rising Sun (1993)

Posted on October 19, 2017 by tokyofox

Sean Connery is of course no stranger to Japanese culture having appeared as James Bond in ‘You Only Live Twice‘ (1967) and here, in this crime film, he portrays a  Japanese specialist working alongside Wesley Snipes to find out who murdered … Continue reading →

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Review: Films Inspired By Japan – Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)

Posted on December 23, 2016 by tokyofox

It may be lacking in plot and have some fairly average acting at best but there’s something alluring about this WWII film which goes way beyond the beautifully, haunting self-titled theme song. ‘Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence‘ is a powerful character-driven war film … Continue reading →

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Review: Films Inspired By Japan – Ronin (1998)

Posted on August 14, 2016 by tokyofox

When I first sat down to watch this I felt slightly reassured by its well-known cast of Robert De Niro and the safe pair of hands that is Jean Reno. The former may be a legendary actor but that hasn’t stopped … Continue reading →

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Review: Films Inspired By Japan – American Yakuza (1993)

Posted on February 1, 2016 by tokyofox

On the back of re-watching and reviewing ‘The Yakuza‘ (1974) towards the end of last year, this was the obvious film to follow that up. Unlike that one though, this gets straight into the action from the offset as Viggo Mortensen, … Continue reading →

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Review: Films Inspired By Japan – Star Wars (1977)

Posted on November 25, 2015 by tokyofox

  For the average Star Wars fan this may come as a bit of a surprise but many Star Wars fanboys (and girls) and Japanophiles are aware of how much Star Wars was influenced by Japanese cinema and particularly the … Continue reading →

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