Hollywood Flashback: ‘Departures’ Gave Japan a Surprise Oscar Win in 2009
THR, Esq. 2022-01-08
Summary:
With Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car this year’s frontrunner for best international feature film, Japan could win its second Academy Award in that category, formerly known as best foreign-language film. Rashomon (1950), Gate of Hell (1953) and Samurai, the Legend of Musashi (1954) received honorary awards before the category’s official introduction in 1956, and Spirited […]