, the Japanese military are human beings, with beloved ones, families and comradeship between them, giving more credibility to the story. However, director Junya Sato exaggerates in the melodramatic subplots and in many moments the viewer has the sensation of watching a soap-opera instead of a ...
I guess for Japanese metaphorical movies, it would be easy if the audience speaks the language or understand the culture a bit, also the transition takes a big part. In this author's books, name of the characters even carry meanings. When it translates to Chinese it sort of still make ...
67 „The name otaku in Japanese connotes "male nerd." Science fiction writer William Gibson calls them "pas- sionate obsessives." But as any otaku would tell you, he's no social reject. […] "There's a lot of people that have the same interest as I do. We exchange a lot of ...
(see photo below) This is the first Japanese tofu to sport a Western man’s name as the product name. (Tofu products named with Japanese mens’ names con be found in Japan.) Otokomae Tofu’s founder told me that this tofu has become such an iconic product that some Japanese children t...
Yoisho suru is a contemporary verb phrase that conveys the same meaning as the more traditional goma-suri, or "apple polishing." Generally, it refers to the kind of corporate behavior that one has to demonstrate toward superiors in order to be promoted within the organization. ...
SMAP-man Goro Inagaki is back starring in his first full-fledged comedy series, "Yoisho no Otoko", as the most obsequious salaryman in Tokyo.Yoisho suru is a contemporary verb phrase that conveys the same meaning as the more traditional goma-suri, or "apple polishing." Generally, it ...