Editing Cinema of Japan (section)

==Genres==
* '''[[Anime]]''': [[animated films]]
** '''[[Mecha anime|Mecha]]''': films featuring [[mecha]] robots
* '''''[[Gendai-geki]]''''': films set in the present day, the opposite of ''jidaigeki''
* '''[[Japanese horror]]''': [[horror film]]
* '''[[Japanese science fiction]]''': [[science fiction films|science fiction film]]
** '''[[Japanese cyberpunk]]''': [[cyberpunk]] films
** '''''[[Kaiju]]''''': [[monster films]]
** '''''[[Tokusatsu]]''''': films that make heavy use of special effects, usually involving costumed superheroes
* '''''[[Jidaigeki]]''''': [[List of historical films set in Asia|period film]] set during the [[Edo period]] (1603–1868) or earlier, the opposite of ''gendai-geki''
** '''[[Samurai cinema]]''': films featuring swordplay, also known as ''chanbara'' (an [[onomatopoeia]] describing the sound of swords clashing)
* '''[[Ninja films]]''': films featuring [[ninjas]]
* '''[[Pink film]]s''': [[Softcore pornography|softcore]] [[pornographic films]]
* '''''[[Shomingeki]]''''': realistic films about common working people
* '''[[Tendency film]]s''': socially conscious, [[left-leaning]] films
* '''[[Yakuza films]]''': [[gangster films]] about [[yakuza]] mobsters