Maybe you ' ve heard the news or seen videos about Japan ' s soon-to-be devastating population crisis . To put is simply , they have more old people than they do young which poses a threat to Japan in many ways . Nonetheless , the country ' s backbone is one of history and tradition and I must admit , as weird as it is , I love it . Weird because : I am one for a more contemporary / modern lifestyle but Japan with all its traditions and Hello Kitty fandom caught me . Japan has struck an impeccable balance between tradition and modernism , allowing both to exist nearly equal . So much history drove me to research historic Japanese film its undeniable influence in motion picture industry . Japan has one of the oldest film industries in the world and as many cinephiles know , the Japanese Golden era of film fizzled years ago with their classics " Seven Samurai " or " Tokyo Story ." But the legend lives on in Quentin Tarantino ' s and Pixar ' s style of filmmaking . The gore , the animation , the action , all the little details that make a feature feel full . Film in Japan began in the late 1890 ' s in the silent film era and has darted forward ever since . I find the black and white era to be the most interesting time for Japanese film because it focuses heavily on the art of movement , especially in Samurai films , so I say “ Hell yeah ,” to a tribute . I leave this issue to historical Japanese film and the art the culture has given society . Let ' s see where tradition can take us . Also , as you know , with all of our magazines the feature page has an exciting little red box in the bottom left corner , click that to view our short video on the Onbashira festival .
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