Japanorama (2002)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Length

3 seasons, 18 episodes

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Jonathan Ross hosts a documentary series that explores Japanese pop culture, covering movies, music, art, and trends. Each episode focuses on a different theme and includes interviews with notable figures from film and art.

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What happens

Japanorama is a series of documentaries presented by Jonathan Ross, exploring various facets of popular culture and trends of modern-day Japan. Each episode has a theme, around which Ross presents cultural phenomenon, films, music, and art that exemplify facets of Japan. The series is colourful in both its creative use of subject matter, and its use of bright colours that helped accent the action on screen rather than distract from it. Subjects are separated by eye catches that often featured the artwork of Junko Mizuno. Ross hosts each episode in bright, eye-catching suits. Fans have praised the series for the care that both Ross and the BBC have placed in its production. Time was given to delve into each subject, and he was able to interview various figureheads of culture and industry, including Mamoru Oshii, Hayao Miyazaki, Takeshi Kitano, Takashi Miike, Takashi Murakami, and Sonny Chiba. The theme song of the show was Kiyoshi no zundoko bushi by Kiyoshi Hikawa. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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