What is described today as Japan’s most recognized traditional performing art was, of course, just a form of popular culture for the masses during the 17th and 18th centuries in …
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The Japanese too have the idiom of killing two birds with one stone, and Japanese filmmaker Hikari achieves this knockout feat nicely with her crowd-pleasing second feature. After a world …
Bound in Heaven (Huo Xin, China 2024) After an esteemed 26-year career writing for the likes of Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons) and being …
The man at the memorial hall had a kind smile. He swiveled in his chair behind the front desk as she came in, and looked at her over his reading …
Bargain (Jeon Woo-sung, South Korea 2023) A man hires a high school girl for a good time at a secluded hotel, but each is in fact trying to ensnare the …
76 Days (Anonymous, Chen Weixi & Wu Hao, USA 2020) Remarkable for being one of the first documentary features about Covid-19 off the assembly line—and also the first to screen at …
37 Seconds (HIKARI, Japan/USA 2019) An astonishing directorial debut from Osaka-born filmmaker HIKARI, this moving coming-of-age drama is about Yuma (Kayama Mei), a skilled manga artist with cerebral palsy who desires …
It is time for the concluding part of our interview with Rice Bud, John Ogawa! We look at more pictures to learn about other cultural norms in Japan like first …
Chikaura Kei’s confident debut feature is the story of a Chinese economic migrant whose shaky existence begins to unravel after a string of deceits and crimes he has committed to …
Asians Elsewhere continues. In Part 2, Episode 1, John tells us about growing up in Japan through photos. Important questions are explored like “Why boy shorts so short?”, “Rando what?”, …
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