Death Trance is a 2005 Japanese action/fantasy film based on the manga of the same name by Kana Takeuchi. It stars Tak Sakaguchi of Versus fame, alongside Kentaro Seagal and Takamasa Suga. The film is the directorial debut of Yuji Shimomura, best known for his work as an action director,...
Miho Nakayama’s Chilling Final Post Where She Talked About Feeling “depressed” as Police Reveals Possible Cause of Death 12/7/2024 by Hashim Asraff FandomWire “He has to be kind of a rival”: Mamoru Hosoda Considers Hayao Miyazaki as His Rival but Reveals Why No One Can Really Beat Hi...
There seems to be a special place in Japanese cinema for death. Akira Kurosawa’sIkiruand Yasujiro Ozu’sTokyo Storycome to mind as some of Japan’s most famous renditions about the taboo subject; these are movies about death, but they focus on the living. It’s often said funerals are f...
Japanese Yokai can be cute. On the flipside, they can be utterly evil and scary too! Here are 15 deadly Yokai you’d never want to meet, within or outside of Japan.
It was there that a purportedly magnificent castle (now known only through records) was constructed between 1576 and 1579 and destroyed shortly after Nobunaga’s death. A product of military necessity as well as an extension of the bold and outsize personality of its resident, this innovative ...
Seven Samurai is set in the year 1586 in feudal Japan where a farming village is continuously under attack from bandits. They hire seven samurai (hence the movie’s name) to protect them and their harvest. There is a fun dialogue between the samurai and some great fight scenes between the...
aFugu, the Japanese name for the puffer fish, is one of the strangest fish in the ocean. The puffer fish gets its name from the way the fish protects itself from enemies. Whenever it is attacked, the fish puffs up (blows up) its body to over twice its normal size. [translate] ...
The Japanese nengō system differs from Chinese practice, in that in the Chinese system the era name was not updated until the year following the emperor's death. In modern practice, the first year of a reign (元年 gannen) starts immediately upon the emperor's ascension to the throne and...
Although infected grubs may live and continue to feed for weeks or months after infection, eventually they become weakened and die. Upon death and decay of the grub, a high concentration of spores is released into the soil and other grubs ingesting the spores are subject to infection. ...
According to this sutra, in addition to calling upon Amitabha, one needs to accumulate merit and concentrate on enlightenment. In the later, smaller Pure Land sutra, however, the blessed land is not a reward for good works but is accessible to anyone whoinvokesAmitabha at the hour of death....