Director: Akira KurosawaOne of the most influential films in all of cinema, the legacy of Rashomon’s multi-perspective storytelling can be felt in everything from The Usual Suspects to Gone Girl. And there’s not too many Japanese movies that get namechecked on The Simpsons (‘Come on, Ho...
P is the abbreviation for Police. JK is the abbreviation for female high school students in Japanese (joshi koukousei). P and JK, is a sweet love story of "a proud policeman falling in love with me". As invited by a friend, the Senior 1 girl Kako (Tao Tsuchiya) pretends she's a 2...
the 20-year-old actress, who goes by the name chino, told reporters at a tokyo courthouse. chino, leader of the tokyo-based theater troupe tremendouscircus, said she came forward because she wanted to be a role model for other victims. "was it hard? was i afraid? of course i was. ...
This last month has just been insanely busy for me, with family, bosses, and magazine editors all conspiring to keep me from writing here. So, it was with a certain envy that I finally sat down to watchOne Million Yen Girl, about a 21 year-old woman (Suzuko) who escapes her own pro...
This series is about a girl who secretly works in a maid café, but this chapter is a spin-off with genders swapped, so she became a guy who works in a butler café instead. Note: onna-shujin 女主人, literally "female master," would be the literal female version of shujin, but since...
Kurosawa alone, who will certainly loom large over this list, was a director of note to such icons as George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg. Writer and director Yasujirō Ozu is another name whose regard goes far beyond what they achieved in Japan. There is no question that ...
With help from a delinquent girl, Jade will prove this house–the home they have always wanted–will not rest until it destroys them. Maybe, this time, she can keep her family together. As she roots out the house’s rot, she must also face the truth of who she is and who she must...
“Rich Man, Poor Woman” follows the story of a rich and successful man played by Jun Ogura (小栗旬, おぐらじゅん), who you may have spotted in a small role in “あずみ” alongside Aya Ueto and in a more expanded role in its sequel. The other main character is a poor girl who...
All of the animals in Jagainu-kun are infused with elements of fruits or vegetables, and they all seem to feel just fine about it. In this series, you can watch Dogtato go about his adventures with the other inhabitants of "Veggie-town", get a girlfriend, and, you know, live the ...
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