I must add that i'm heartened by the number of excellent films from Iran in recent years- a couple of dozen, of a consistently high standard, have been "doing the rounds" in Britain and America-, and by the resurgence of Spanish and Latin American cinema (rather more sexy and trendy). And Japan is certainly not the only far Eastern country producing a range of good stuff. Some top films from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, even Vietnam. The world is your oyster.