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Do you know anything about Japan's main religions?

Shinto is the native religion of Japan and still the main one, but Zen has many followers too. I just read that the number of Christians in Japan is 0.0046 of the total population. Miyuki was born in Japan and first heard of Christians in "The Martyr",


Actually, I don't know very much about Shinto or Zen. However, I would be interested to learn about them.

225 - Rashomon (1951)

-EDIT- I'm glad this video turned out so popular, although I still wonder how. I guess it speaks to Kurosawa's powerful work, which ...

Rashomon (1951, Trailer) - Opens in cinemas 18 June 2010

The BFI celebrates Akira Kurosawas centenary (1910 - 1998) with a new restoration of Rashomon (1951). Kurosawas story of rape and murder in 12th ...

Rashomon 1951 - Bookshelf


The Technique of Film and Video Editing, History, Theory, and Practice
459 pages
The Technique of Film and Video Editing, History, Theory, and Practice

FIGURE 8.1 Rashomon, 1951. Courtesy Janus Films Company. Still provided by British Film Institute. THE DYNAMICS OF RELATIVITY When Akira Kurosawa directed ...

Games for actors and non-actors
301 pages
Games for actors and non-actors

28 Rashomon*7 Each actor in a scene, as the character he is playing, ... 37 The name of this exercise is taken from Akira Kurosawa's film Rashomon (1951), ...