Beautiful Quote by Stephen Hunter

I'm a fan of Japanese cinema in general.

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

What resonates culturally with me about Japanese style is that it is very covered up but very sensual.

— L'Wren Scott

This and the small sample size inevitably leads to stereotypes - sweeping family sagas from India, 'lush' colonial romances from South-East Asia. Mother and…

— Deborah Smith

My favourite Ghibli film is maybe lesser known: the 'Tale of Princess Kaguya.' It's a different visual style, by a different director to most…

— Ron Mael

My personal fave is 'The Japanese Wife', because I think I achieved a lot of what I wanted to do. I wanted that Japanese…

— Aparna Sen

A film based on a jolly good John Grisham book is fine, but I like to get a bit under the skin

— Charlotte Rampling

It is confusing, because in this culture we really don't have anything that corresponds to geisha.

— Arthur Golden

I loved the Limey [movie]! It's so violent! And yet it's so exquisitely romanticized in a sort of Japanese way, it's a samurai film.…

— William Gibson

My hatred for Japanese cinema includes absolutely all of it.

— Nagisa Oshima

Everyone thinks that 'Chinatown' is the best screenplay. I'm not sure it is.

— Patricia Marx

It's a Samurai story [47 ronin], so if we change too much Japanese audiences will have strong against feelings to the film. It's not good.

— Hiroyuki Sanada

But then foreign critics right away made sweeping comparisons to haiku, noh theater, and directors like Ozu, as if the movie were somehow representative…

— Hirokazu Koreeda