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Bellum_Romanum

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TPenglake said:
And Japan actually did go out of its way to appeal to the world. One of the first succesful overseas anime was an adaptation of Heidi. Plus at this point, mentioning how so many Japanese anime and video game characters are either White or racially ambiguous is beating a dead horse.

Its only after this attraction was built that Americans learned to love Japanese culture and portrayed Japanese culture itself with media like Shogun and Ghost of Tsushima more authentically than Japan ever has.
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Are you serious? We're just going to dismiss the legendary director of the Samurai Seven - Akira Kurosawa.

We shouldn't be dismissive of Japanese cultural efforts in promoting their own Heritage globally just because their live action film industry has been largely overshadowed by the much recognized and better known medium that is Japanese Anime.
 
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TPenglake

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Bellum_Romanum said:
Are you serious? We're just going to dismiss the legendary director of the Samurai Seven - Akira Kurosawa.

We shouldn't be dismissive of Japanese cultural efforts in promoting their own Heritage globally just because their live action film industry has been largely overshadowed by the much recognized and better known medium that is Japanese Anime.
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Kurosawa is only really famous amongst film buffs and serious Japanophiles. I'm not talking about his skills as a filmmaker, I'm talking of popularity and cultural promotion. In that respect, you can't deny Shogun and even The Last Samurai played way bigger rolls in making Japan a sexy tourist destination for Westerners than Seven Samurai.

One can even argue that HK Kung Fu cinema had a bigger cultural impact in the US than Japanese Samurai films of the 50s-60s did.
 
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