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The Japanese people (日本人, Nihonjin, Nipponjin?) are a nationality originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries are referred to as nikkeijin (日系人?). The term ethnic Japanese may also be used in some contexts to refer to a locus of ethnic groups including the Yamato, Ainu and Ryukyuan people.
The Japanese language is a Japonic language that is sometimes treated as a language isolate; it is also related to the Ryukyuan languages, and both are suggested to be part of the proposed Altaic language family. The Japanese language has a tripartite writing system using Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Domestic Japanese people use primarily Japanese for daily interaction. The adult literacy rate in Japan exceeds 99%.
Japanese religion has traditionally been syncretic in nature, combining elements of Buddhism and Shinto. Shinto, a polytheistic religion with no book of religious canon, is Japan's native religion. Shinto was one of the traditional grounds for the right to the throne of the Japanese imperial family, and was codified as the state religion in 1868 (State Shinto was abolished by the American occupation in 1945). Mahayana Buddhism came to Japan in the sixth century and evolved into many different sects. Today the largest form of Buddhism among Japanese people is the Jōdo Shinshū sect founded by Shinran.[citation needed]
Actors: Kaori Momoi (actress), Tommy Lee Jones (actor), Isao Natsuyagi (actor), Jodi Tripi (miscellaneous crew), James D. Dever (miscellaneous crew), Adam W. Rosen (miscellaneous crew), Toshiyuki Nishida (actor), Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi (actor), Shôhei Hino (actor), Masatô Ibu (actor), Matthew Fox (actor), Masatoshi Nakamura (actor), Alex Heffes (composer), Kristin Witcombe (miscellaneous crew), Eugene Nomura (producer),
Plot: A story of love and understanding set amidst the tensions and uncertainties of the days immediately following the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II. On the staff of General Douglas MacArthur (Jones), the de facto ruler of Japan as Supreme Commander of the occupying forces, a leading Japanese expert, General Bonner Fellers (Fox) is charged with reaching a decision of historical importance: should Emperor Hirohito be tried and hanged as a war criminal? Interwoven is the story of Fellers' love affair with Aya, a Japanese exchange student he had met years previously in the U.S. Memories of Aya and his quest to find her in the ravaged post-war landscape help Fellers to discover both his wisdom and his humanity and enable him to come to the momentous decision that changed the course of history and the future of two nations.
Keywords: archival-footage, atomic-bomb, attempted-suicide, bamboo-forest, boeing-b-29-superfortress, chauffeured-limousine, corncob-pipe, devastation, douglas-dc-6, douglas-macarthurActors: Tomisaburô Wakayama (actor), Keiko Takahashi (actress), Kin'ya Aikawa (actor), Tatsuo Umemiya (actor), Tamio Kawaji (actor), Tomiko Ishii (actress), Ichirô Ogura (actor), Shin'ya Ohwada (actor), Junkichi Orimoto (actor), Tetsurô Tanba (actor), Makoto Satô (actor), Tomokazu Miura (actor), Noboru Nakaya (actor), Takahiro Tamura (actor), Shigeru Okada (producer),
Genres: Drama, History, War,Actors: Takamaru Sasaki (actor), Joji Oka (actor), Tetsurô Tanba (actor), Masao Shimizu (actor), Mitsugu Ôkura (producer), Shigeru Amachi (actor), Ureo Egawa (actor), Minoru Takada (actor), Kanjûrô Arashi (actor), Yôichi Numata (actor), Hiroshi Hayashi (actor), Toshio Hosokawa (actor), Shinsuke Mikimoto (actor), Sanae Takasugi (actress), Ichirô Ryûzaki (actor),
Genres: Drama, War,