List of foreign films set in Japan explained
The following is a list of foreign films set in Japan. Japan has provided an exotic and cosmopolitan backdrop to many international films set mostly or entirely in Japan. A common theme of western films set in Japan is the differences between Japanese and Western culture and how the characters cope with their new surroundings.
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- Babel (2006) - directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Gael García Bernal
- Back at the Front (1952) - directed by George Sherman, starring Tom Ewell and Harvey Lembeck
- The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978) - directed by John Berry, starring Tony Curtis and Jackie Earle Haley
- The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958) - directed by John Huston, starring John Wayne and Eiko Ando
- Batman Ninja (2018) - directed by Junpei Mizusaki, starring Kōichi Yamadera
- Big Hero 6 (2014) - directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams, starring Scott Adsit and Ryan Potter
- Black Rain (1989) - directed by Ridley Scott, starring Michael Douglas and Ken Takakura
- Blood on the Sun (1945) - directed by Frank Lloyd, starring James Cagney and Sylvia Sidney
- Bullet Train (2022) - directed by David Leitch, starring Brad Pitt
- Bushido Blade (1981) - directed by Shusei Kotani, starring Timothy Patrick Murphy and Frank Converse
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- Mastermind (1976) - directed by Alex March, starring Zero Mostel and Keiko Kishi
- The Matrix Resurrections (2021) - directed by Lana Wachowski, starring Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss
- Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - directed by Rob Marshall, starring Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li
- Minamata (2020) - directed by Andrew Levitas, starring Johnny Depp and Hiroyuki Sanada
- (1985) - directed by Paul Schrader, starring Ken Ogata and Masayuki Shionoya
- Mr. Baseball (1992) - directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Tom Selleck and Ken Takakura
- Mr. Holmes (2015) - directed by Bill Condon, starring Ian McKellen and Laura Linney
- Monster (2008) - directed by Eric Forsberg, starring Sarah Lieving and Erin Evans
- Mortal Kombat (2021) - directed by Simon McQuoid, starring Lewis Tan and Jessica McNamee
- My Geisha (1962) - directed by Jack Cardiff, starring Shirley MacLaine and Yves Montand
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Notes and References
- Book: Wada-Marciano, Mitsuo . Reorienting Ozu: A Master and His Influence . 2018 . Oxford Academic . Choi . Jinhee . 4 A Dialogue with “Memory” in Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Café Lumière (2003) . 10.1093/oso/9780190254971.003.0005.