The Oscar successes of “Godzilla Minus One” and “The Boy and the Heron” are likely to push the Japanese film industry further toward an international strategy.
Box office revenue in Japan reached 221.482 billion yen ($1.48 billion) in 2023, up by 3.9 percent from the previous year, according to the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan Inc.
Japan picked German director Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days” as its entry for the 2024 Oscars in the best international feature category, the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan Inc. announced.
Female directors are still relatively rare in the domestic film industry, accounting for a paltry 12 percent of those who helmed Japanese movies that hit theaters in 2021, a survey shows.
Famed film director Hirokazu Kore-eda is among a group of industry heavyweights working to improve working conditions in the aftermath of allegations of harassment and gripes about long hours for low wages.