TOKYO — The last time a Japanese entry won the Oscar for best international film 13 years ago, it was something of an upset, surprising the forecasters who had barely heard of “Departures,” Yojiro Takita’s story about an accidental undertaker, before the ceremony. Japanese cinema, after all, had long since faded from its mid-20th century glory, when critics and other filmmakers from around the glo
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