RE: Only place I can find creative works compatible with conservative values anymore is in Japan.
Can you direct us to a few films? Akira Kurosawa’s SEVEN SAMURAI was fantastic.
I also liked the film “SHALL WE DANCE”.
Shall We Dance - only the Japanese version will do.
I go for animated movies rather than live-action. The techniques are so advanced these days that animation is much more impressive than anything they could film live.
If you liked Seven Samurai, something along the lines of Utawarerumono, Drifters, or perhaps the more recent and ongoing series Attack on Titan might suit your fancy.
Yes! The Japanese version (the original) is excellent. When I saw the previews for the American-made rip-off starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez, it was disgusting.
The original was so nice because there was an innocence to it. The married man had a school-boy crush on the dancing instructor; but, he never followed through. The Gere-Lopez one had sexed-up the dance routines and completely lost the innocence which made the original so special. Also, the Gere-Lopez one bombed.
Stay with the Japanese original, it is a lovely film.