In 1992, Kaneshiro made his singing debut, entering the business with the nickname Aniki, meaning 'older brother' in Japanese. His debut album was Heartbreaking Night (1992). Contracted to EMI, he wrote many of his own Mandarin and Cantonese songs. The following year, his popularity propelled...
What is believed to be a straight line suddenly becomes a curving bend — it’s as if he’s in a deep, Zen-like meditation. If you watch his films more than once, you’ll discover even more layers of meaning in them. They are like works of modern art, just made with film, and ...
While Kitano’s first English film (Brother, 2000) is generally regarded as a blunder, he reaped huge commercial success with the 2003 reboot of famous fictional lone swordsman character, Zatoichi. Before directing Zatoichi, Takeshi Kitano also made the visually sumptuousDolls (2002). He followed ...
a霜降节气含有天气渐冷、开始降霜的意思。此时天气渐冷、开始降霜。 The hoar frost descending solar terms include the weather gradually to be cold, to start the frost meaning.This time the weather gradually is cold, starts the frost.[translate] ...
Can you give some insight on the mysterious “grilled Mormons” sign? Is it a mistranslation as a result of misspelling or one word having more than one meaning? Or are Taito and Beat Takeshi really that insane enough to suggest such a name for a building in a video game?
you’ll discover even more layers of meaning in them. They are like works of modern art, just made with film, and it is important that they receive more recognition. I feel so much joy when watching his films; it is an honor to be one of his fans. I hope this book will bring to...