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The cinema of Japan (日本映画, Nihon eiga), also known domestically as hōga (邦画; "domestic cinema"), began in the late 1890s. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world; as of 2022, it was the fourth largest by number of feature films produced (634) and the third largest in terms of box office revenue ($1.5 billion).
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The extracted context around Cinema of Japan shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Cinema of Japan → 188,756,000, 694, ¥274.4 billion ($1.79 billion) Another extracted example is Cinema of Japan → Toho (33.7%) Toei (10.5%). Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 63 structured relationships around Cinema of Japan. Examples in this analysis include Cinema of Japan → Main distributors → Toho (33.7%) Toei (10.5%) and Cinema of Japan → National films → ¥207.569 billion (75.6%). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinema of Japan | Main distributors | Toho (33.7%) Toei (10.5%) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cinema of Japan | National films | ¥207.569 billion (75.6%) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cinema of Japan | No. of screens | 3,697 (2025) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cinema of Japan | Total | 694 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cinema of Japan | Total | 188,756,000 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cinema of Japan | Total | ¥274.4 billion ($1.79 billion) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Cinema of Japan | • Per capita | 2.8 per 100,000 (2017) | 1.00 | infobox |
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| Inabata Katsutaro | instance of | by businessmen | 0.80 | text |
| gentō | instance of | were not an entirely new experience for the Japanese because of their rich tradition of pre-cinematic devices | 0.80 | text |
| Katsudō shashinkai | instance of | Film criticism began with early film magazines | 0.80 | text |
| Kinema Record called for a broader use of such cinematic techniques | instance of | writers in magazines | 0.80 | text |
The concept neighborhoods around Cinema of Japan bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Japanese, Japan and Directors. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Cinema of Japan, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Cinema of Japan with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Cinema of Japan to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Genres & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Cinema of Japan · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout