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The term "Cinema of Korea" (or "Korean cinema") encompasses the motion picture industries of North and South Korea.

As with all aspects of Korean life during the past century, the film industry has often been at the mercy of political events, from the late Joseon dynasty to the Korean War to domestic governmental interference.

While both countries have relatively robust film industries today, only South Korean films have achieved wide international acclaim.

North Korean films tend to portray their communist or revolutionary themes.

Asian people or Asiatic people are people who descend from a portion of Asia's population.

There are varieties of definition and geographical data presented by organizations and individuals for classifying the ethnic groups in Asia.

The has a history that spans more than 100 years.

Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world; as of 2010, it was the fourth largest by number of feature films produced.

In 2011 Japan produced 411 feature films that earned 54.9% of a box office total of US$2.338 billion.

Movies have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived.

In a Sight & Sound list of the best films produced in Asia, Japanese works made up eight of the top 12, with Tokyo Story (1953) ranked number one.

Japan has won the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film four times, once again more than any other Asian country.

, also called, are television programs that are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily.

All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, and many others.

For special occasions, there may also be a one- or two-episode drama with a specific theme, such as one produced in 2015 for the 70-year anniversary of the end of World War II.

Variety shows, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical performances and sketch comedy, magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ventriloquism.

It is normally introduced by a compère (master of ceremonies) or host.

The variety format made its way from Victorian era stage to radio and then television.

Variety shows were a staple of anglophone television from the late 1940s into the 1980s.