Izwe lase-Asia lizofuna ukuwina isifanekiso salo sesihlanu sefilimu engcono kakhulu engakhulumi isiNgisi enesihloko esithi "The Great Passage" ka. Yuuya Ishii.
Isikhathi sokugcina Japan wathatha u-Oscar Ifilimu Ehamba phambili Yolimi lwangaphandle Kwakungo-2008 nge-"Farewells" ka-Yojiro Takita, ngaphezu kweminyaka engamashumi amahlanu ngemuva kokuthatha ama-Oscar akhe amathathu adlule.
U-Akira Kurosawa uthole i oscar kulesi sigaba ngu-«Rashmon» ngo-1951, uTeinosuke Kinugasa wayithola ngo-1954 ethi «isango lesihogo» kwathi ngo-1955 kwaba nguHiroshi Inagaki ethi «Samurai«, kulezi zikhathi ezintathu iJapan yawina umklomelo ngokuqondile njengoba uhlelo lokuqokwa kulesi sigaba lungazange lusetshenziswe kwaze kwaba ngu-1956.
«Iphaseji Elikhulu» ixoxa indaba yesazi sefilosofi okwathi ngemva kokuhluleka njengomthengisi, siqale ukusebenza njengomhleli wesichazamazwi esisha esibhalwa ochwepheshe ababili. Ngesikhathi esifanayo uthandana nentombazane, okuzomvumela ukuba enze incazelo entsha yegama elithi 'uthando'.
Faka inkanyezi kuteyipu ryuhei matsuda, esasingakwazi enganekwaneni ethi "Izo" nguTakashi Miike kanye Ayi Miyazaki, ebonakala efilimini yakamuva ka-Abbas Kiarostami ethi "Like Someone in Love" futhi abaphelezele abalingisi Joe Odagiri y Kaoru Kobayashi.
Imininingwane engaphezulu - I-Austria ithumela ingoma kaJulian Roman Polsler ethi "The Wall" ku-Oscar