Global Ilk Magazine Issue #2 || Onbashira | Page 6

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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