Obachan is a force to be reckoned with. She guides me through Tokyo Station with the speed and efficiency of someone less than half her age. Her body, eighty-three years …
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Ontario Premiere at Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Japan / 2017 / Rated 14A / 127:00 / Japanese with English subtitles The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival opened with …
Japan, 2017 / 95:00 / English, Japanese with English subtitles / Canadian Premiere at Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Megumi Sasaki’s A Whale Of A Tale documentary was created …
Hirayanagi Atsuko’s refreshing debut feature Oh Lucy! is one whimsical cocktail, mixing one part urban alienation, one part domestic drama, two parts road movie, and topped with splashes of comic …
Kore-eda Hirokazu occupies an esteemed perch in contemporary Japanese cinema. Over the past two decades his films have been well-received both in his native Japan and around the world for …
At dawn, before Tokyo’s first trains chugged off from nearby Nippori Station, you rolled over to my side of bed at our Airbnb and kissed me awake. “Don’t forget me,” …
In a post-apocalyptic future where humanity has become endangered, an android traveling in her spaceship is tasked to visit various planets to deliver memories in packages to the smattering of …
Kore-eda Hirokazu’s latest film involves an incident that would top the list of worst nightmares among parents if only it was more common. Two families learn that their 6-year-old boys …
WHAT DOES YOUR OUTFIT SAY ABOUT YOU? Fashionable Asians! is Ricepaper’s very first street fashion series on…fashionable Asians in Vancouver. Unlike any other street fashion blog, however, we seek to …
It’s been 11 days since the destructive earthquake in Japan. We at Ricepaper, like many people around the world, are at a loss for words at the devastation amounting from …