film industry

Period dramas fading into history on Japanese TV
Toei Uzumasa Village which is where samurai and period movies were filmed (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
March 11, 2012
Period dramas, known as "Jidaigeki," are being shown with increasingly less frequency by Japan's terrestrial broadcasters. Kyoto, a once-popular location for shooting these...
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