The tatami room, better known as 和室 (washitsu, “Japanese-style room”), is a space that features tatami mats as its main flooring element. Tatami mats are made from woven straw with a rice straw core ...

At the climax of the movie, James Bond (Daniel Craig) confronts the villain, Safin (Rami Malek), in a room whose floor is covered with straw tatami mats. Safin is an ardent admirer of Japanese ...