There are three sectors in Chineese film: Cinema of HongKong, cinema of China and cinema of Taiwan.
Many Chinese films have achieved box-office success abroad. Films like House of Flying Daggers, and Farewell my Concubine have received world-wide recognition. 2004 saw the light of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, another phemoninal hit across the world, that almost matched movies of Hollywood.
Infact, it became the highest-grossing-foreign-language film in American History and won many Academy awards, including the Best foreign Language Film.Jet Li and Zhang Ziyi, two well-known chinese actors are seen in this film.
JAPANESE..
There are actually many genres in Japanese film..
Anime:: Japanese animation that is now even hugely popular in english.Anime itself has a huge culture in Japan and dates back to about 1917.The influence of Japanese Calligraphy and Japanese painting also influence the anime style of creation. The mega sucess of the Nintendo series Pokemon was helped by anime.Anime dramatically interested more Westerners to the culture of Japan...
Americans have used this animations for satirical shows, such as South Park and Family Guy...which are hugely popular nowadays in the western world.
J-Horror:: Japanese horror movies are given this name, due to the fact that they tend to be more psychological and tension building than normal terror.Its origins come from the Ejo period and the maijin period, which are known as kwaidan.
Japanese Horror movies such as the Ring and the Grudge have been made into Hollywood movies also, which became extremely popular.
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