Worth Watching the second time

Rating: 10/10 (23 October 2017)

Walking out of the Blade Runner 2049, it somewhat felt like the movie had really happened. OK, If not that, then for sure it felt like I had seen the movie a few times before. But it was not the case. Today, of course, was my first time watching this very well made sci-fi. And I had not even watched the 1982 version either. The movie surely had an impact. Just like the director's other work Sicario. Its etched.
The minimalism of on screen elements, the stylish use of lights and colors, fog, rain, snow in LA... the screen was always like a painting. WOW. And, I am not even gonna start my verbal drool on portrayal of the AI's relationship with the factory made human. And, I am not even gonna talk about the ending. PER-EFFING-FECT!
But I am going to wonder about the following. The human-like-cops- who-question-their- identity-theme was ingeniously conceived, matured to perfection and delivered at a six sigma standard by our Japanese friends in Ghost in the Shell movie, anime and manga (and a few other manga). Now in Blade Runner 2049, the Japanese characters of Katakana and Hiragana are seen throughout. The SIRI kinda computer talks back in Japanese. The billboards of LA are selling Japanese products. WHY?... is this some kind of recognition by Denis Villeneuve for the Japanese to excel in this genre? or is it just that, like me, he is also Japanophile?
Anyways, Blade runner rocks.