You’ll trace Japan’s unique filmmaking history, moving from the silent era to its post-war golden age to the 1960s New Wave to the anime explosion of the ’80s, all the way up to the current renaissance spearheaded by Hirokazu Kore-eda, Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Mamoru Hosoda. It’s a l...
Grace VanderWaal entered a new era with a distinct voice in today’s pop landscape. Her first two song releases arrived just ahead of her role in Francis Ford Coppola’s star-studded filmMegalopolis, which premiered on Sept. 27. In the months leading up to the premiere, she dedicated time...
When the paintings of Hanne become a hit, resulting in the artist’s first sold-out show, she resolves to bring her new muse with her to Berlin, to continue their work, and her seduction. But, just when the painter is on the verge of her long sought-after breakthrough, a petition st...
Another shows the many creative ways that a gangster incorporates snacks into love-making (much like Seinfeld’s George Costanza tried to do). Some parts of the movie are hit and miss, but overall, “Tampopo” is a light and entertaining romp. Language:Japanese Where to find it:On Amazon ...
A sex-obsessed young woman, a suicidal man she meets on the street, a gun-crazy wannabe gangster—these are just three of the irrational, oddball anarchists trapped in an underground hideaway in Oshima’s devilish, absurdist portrait of what he deemed the death drive in Japanese youth cultur...
Their week consists of Monday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Friday.” Other such Navy songs are Through the day, throughout the week, which also implies that the Japanese Navy never rests. The song also pretends to ignore the threat of the American and Filipino guerrillas ...
Either way, this casual violence is a big turn-off for me (it’s particularly gratuitous inBetween Love and Hate{2006; 연애, 그 참을수없는 가벼움}), and, withthe recent newsthat the CEO of girl-groupNine Museswas prepared to hit one memberon camera, makes me wonder...
Prince Miyamasa Hitonori of the Myoho Temple commissioned him to make black Raku ware tea cups, for which he recieved the "Rokume" seal. He was thus added to the prince's culture salon, where he became acquainted with artists Maruyama Okyo and Matsumura Goshun, and the writers Ueda A...
the period who worked as hard on anime series as they did on so-called “pink films” like the “Female Prisoner” series, a vehicle for Japanese star Meiko Kaji (ofLady Snowbloodfame), who sang “Urami Bushi” and turned the song into ...
Among the many post-WW2 Japanese filmmakers who emerged in the 1960s and hit their stride in the seventies, Kinji Fukasaku was one of the most prominent and critically acclaimed directors in his own country but didn’t start to acquire a growing fan base in the U.S. until after 2000 when...