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Slime Season 2 slows down with politics and long meetings, yet keeps the core of Season 1: a nation, and the friends who built it. A fan in Japan on Parts 1 and 2, the watch order, and where it streams in the US.

Ten Akira Kurosawa films picked by a viewer in Japan, from his 1948 breakthrough to Ran. What each one is doing, which are on HBO Max, and which two you can watch free.

Ten Yasujiro Ozu films ranked by a viewer in Japan, from Late Spring to his final picture. What each one is about, what to notice, and which US subscription actually has it right now.

Ten Japanese comedies picked by a viewer in Japan, from Ozu's fart-joke classic to Takeshi Kitano's 2024 self-parody. What is actually funny about each one, and which US subscription has it right now.

Ten anime and films set in real Kyoto, picked by a fan in Japan: The Night Is Short Walk On Girl, The Eccentric Family, Tamako Market, Sound! Euphonium and more. Which locations you can actually stand in, and where to stream each in the US.

Ten Japanese live-action manga adaptations that actually work, picked by a fan in Japan: Rurouni Kenshin, Kingdom, Blade of the Immortal and more. Which ones Japanese fans accepted, which ones they did not, and where to stream each in the US.

HBO Max has quietly become the best place in the US to watch Japanese classic film. Ten picks by a fan in Japan, from Seven Samurai to House, all included with a standard subscription. Checked against TMDB in September 2026.

Ten Japanese revenge films picked by a fan in Japan, from Onibaba to Kitano's Outrage. Most of them refuse to let the revenge feel good, and that refusal is the point.

Ten Japanese films about families, picked by a fan in Japan, from Ozu's Tokyo Story to Kore-eda's Shoplifters. Most of them are about what goes unsaid at the dinner table.

Ten Japanese thrillers picked by a fan in Japan, from Rashomon to Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Almost none of them solve anything, which is the point. US streaming for each, and five are free.