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Japan in non-Japanese culture

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The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957 film directed by David Lean

Lost in Translation

2003 film directed by Sofia Coppola

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

fictional team of anthropomorphic turtles

The Last Samurai

2003 film directed by Edward Zwick

Madama Butterfly

opera by Giacomo Puccini

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

2006 film directed by Justin Lin

2006 film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu

You Only Live Twice

1967 film directed by Lewis Gilbert

2016 film directed by Mel Gibson

2020 role-playing video game developed by CD Projekt RED

Kill Bill: Volume 1

2003 film by Quentin Tarantino

2001 film by Michael Bay

2013 film directed by James Mangold

Spies in Disguise

2019 animated film by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane

Empire of the Sun

1987 film directed by Steven Spielberg

Letters from Iwo Jima

2006 film by Clint Eastwood

Call of Duty: World at War

2008 first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch

American animated television series

Memoirs of a Geisha

2005 film directed by Rob Marshall

2008 film by Baz Luhrmann

2013 film directed by Guillermo del Toro

2022 film directed by David Leitch

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

2009 film directed by Lasse Hallström

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

2006 video game by Bethesda Game Studios

2016 film by Martin Scorsese

2008 Hong Kong film directed by Wilson Yip

American entertainment and merchandising franchise

2018 film directed by Wes Anderson

2000 film by Gérard Krawczyk

thumb|Young Ladies Looking at Japanese Objects by the painter James Tissot in 1869 is a representation of the popular curiosity about all Japanese items that started with the opening of the country in the [[Meiji Restoration of the 1860s.]] Japonisme is a French term that refers to the popularity and influence of Japanese art and design among a number of Western European artists in the nineteenth century following the forced reopening of foreign trade with Japan in 1858. Japonisme was first described by French art critic and collector Philippe Burty in 1872.

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970 American-Japanese war film

Ghost in the Shell

2017 film directed by Rupert Sanders

2013 action-adventure video game

Hiroshima mon amour

1959 film by Alain Resnais

Flags of Our Fathers

2006 film directed by Clint Eastwood

2021 film directed by Simon McQuoid

1979 film directed by Steven Spielberg

The Lego Ninjago Movie

2017 animated film directed by Charlie Bean

Ghost of Tsushima

2020 action-adventure video game developed by Sucker Punch Productions

Kubo and the Two Strings

2016 animated film directed by Travis Knight

2013 film directed by Carl Rinsch

Need for Speed: ProStreet

2007 video game

Dragonball Evolution

2009 film by James Wong

Johnny Mnemonic

1995 film directed by Robert Longo

1993 science fiction film directed by Fred Dekker

2007 film by Ang Lee

American television series (2024–)

2019 film directed by Roland Emmerich

1988 film directed by Newt Arnold

Doki Doki Literature Club!

2017 horror visual novel game developed by Team Salvato

The Karate Kid Part II

1986 American film directed by John G. Avildsen

2014 film directed by Angelina Jolie

American television series

2001 film directed by Gérard Krawczyk

2015 film directed by Bill Condon

Austin Powers in Goldmember

2002 American spy comedy film directed by Jay Roach

Sayonara is a 1957 American romantic drama film directed by Joshua Logan, and starring Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens, James Garner, Martha Scott, Miyoshi Umeki, Red Buttons, Miiko Taka and Ricardo Montalbán. It tells the story of an American Air Force pilot during the Korean War who falls in love with a famous Japanese dancer. The screenplay was adapted by Paul Osborn from James A. Michener's 1954 novel.

Pacific Rim: Uprising

2018 film directed by Steven S. DeKnight

2005 film directed by Rob Bowman

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

1999 film by Jim Jarmusch