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For more information on the reviewer's own independent film project, including content of interest to physically adventurous persons, please stop in at SavageSnow.com.

Japanese film reviews targeted for Japan enthusiasts and Japanese movie fans, & those seeking good films to practice basic Japanese listening skills.

Welcome!
My name is Dan. I study Japanese films because of a lifelong interest in Japanese culture and as a method of improving my limited Japanese language skills, and because my own developing film project features a small amount of Japanese dialogue in the script.

For Japanese Language Students
Each movie review here includes a short comment at the end referencing the film's suitability for listening comprehension practice.

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Click here for a report on my experiences taking the JLPT during a Japanese themed adventure in NY.

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About the author of this site: I am an aspiring filmmaker working on my first feature length film. Though my own film takes place primarily in America in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, the story does have a strong Japanese connection and there are a few lines of Japanese dialogue in the script.

For persons interested in Japanese cinema, Japan as a whole, or maybe also studying the language like me, I hope this site helps you pick out some entertaining and satisfying movies to add to your DVD collections and online rental queues.

Thank you for visiting.
Comments, questions, and suggestions are welcome.
Dan Savage
Dan@SavageSnow.com

Reviews are divided into the following directories:
Drama~~~Comedy~~~Samurai~~~Adult
Action~~~Animation~~~B&W~~~Kurosawa

If you should happen to want to start at the beginning and click through the reviews in the
order they were written, Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon would be the movie to start with.
Film review titles listed in alphabetical order can be found on this page.