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FX's 'Shogun' adaptation keeps focus on Japanese culture: 'The only way I would accept a story like this being told through a Hollywood lens'

For actor and martial artist Hiroyuki Sanada, FX’s forthcoming epic historical drama Shōgun, an adaptation of James Clavell’s 1975 novel, presented an incomparable opportunity to showcase authentic ...
Yahoo

Japanese pop culture’s complicated history with Hollywood

Alex Hassell’s Vicious battles John Cho’s Spike Spiegel in the latest anime conversion (Netflix) Japanese pop culture is mounting a sustained assault on the global stage. A string of its top ...
ABC7

Japan House brings Japanese culture, innovation to Hollywood

HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- It's an astonishing place and the name is simple - Japan House. But what it actually is might be a little more complicated. "We're a public diplomacy initiative ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Execs Behind Sony’s Brad Pitt Action Film ‘Bullet Train’ Explain Why More Japanese Adaptations Are Heading to Hollywood

Yuma Terada and Ryosuke Saegusa, co-founders of Tokyo-based management company CTB, explain why Hollywood often whiffs when it adapts beloved Japanese IP and how they plan to streamline rights sales ...
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'Japanese Hollywood' reinvents itself as it marks 100 years of period drama

KYOTO -- Toei Kyoto Studio Park, a popular tourist destination here known for providing settings for numerous Japanese period dramas, will be renamed Uzumasa Kyoto Village when it reopens in late ...