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Akita City “Kanto Matsuri” performance – 2024 Honolulu Festival
19 April 2025 7:57 AM | No CommentsThe Akita City Kanto Festival Executive Committee performed at the 2024 Honolulu Festival, showcasing music and pole-balancing stunts from its annual Kanto Matsuri.
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Petit Bateau Fall 2025 – Tokyo Fashion Week
19 April 2025 5:39 AM | No CommentsWhy did a 132-year-old French casualwear brand, mostly focusing on children's fashion, decide to show at the Tokyo Fall/Winter 2025 collections?
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tiit tokyo Fall 2025 – Tokyo Fashion Week
18 April 2025 9:30 PM | No CommentsAccording to the Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO show notes, for the Fall/Winter 2025 season, the designers were "inspired by the Danish film "When Animals Dream.""
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Sumo: 73rd yokozuna Terunofuji retires, leaves lasting legacy
10 April 2025 11:57 AM | No CommentsThe Mongolian's calm, regal presence in the dohyo will certainly be missed, but there is no rest for the weary.
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Photos: Yousuke Haga – New York Fashion Week Fall 2025
24 March 2025 3:05 AM | No CommentsPhotos from the Yousuke Haga - Asia Fashion Collection runway show in New York.
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Japan Archive
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![The director, writer and actor Hiroyuki Tanaka, under his nom de cinema Sabu, has created a unique cinematic universe consisting of such types as salarymen, yakuza, punk rockers, samurai ghosts, […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/drive_05-115x115.jpg "“Run, Salaryman, Run!”: A Sabu Retrospective at Japan Society")
“Run, Salaryman, Run!”: A Sabu Retrospective at Japan Society
Christopher BournePosted on January 27, 2011 | No CommentsThe director, writer and actor Hiroyuki Tanaka, under his nom de cinema Sabu, has created a unique cinematic universe consisting of such types as salarymen, yakuza, punk rockers, samurai ghosts, […] -
Sion Sono’s “Cold Fish” (冷たい熱帯魚) – 2010 Tokyo FILMeX Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on December 1, 2010 | No CommentsOne look at the true story that inspired “Cold Fish” quickly reveals that this is not a movie for the faint of heart. -
![Yukako, Saeko, Noboru and Shigehisa are two women and two men who could be archetypes for any 20-something searching for love this generation. The four co-workers, all of whom struggle […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/still2-115x115.jpg "“Love Addiction” (ふゆの獣) – 2010 Tokyo FILMeX Review")
“Love Addiction” (ふゆの獣) – 2010 Tokyo FILMeX Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on November 30, 2010 | No CommentsYukako, Saeko, Noboru and Shigehisa are two women and two men who could be archetypes for any 20-something searching for love this generation. The four co-workers, all of whom struggle […] -
![The 15th edition of the Pusan (now Busan) International Film Festival, the largest film festival in Asia, was a transitional year in many senses. First, Kim Dong-ho, the long-time founder […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/13-assassins-115x115.jpg "The best films of the 2010 Pusan International Film Festival")
The best films of the 2010 Pusan International Film Festival
Christopher BournePosted on August 31, 2010 | No CommentsThe 15th edition of the Pusan (now Busan) International Film Festival, the largest film festival in Asia, was a transitional year in many senses. First, Kim Dong-ho, the long-time founder […] -
![Director Yoji Yamada accurately captures the portrait of how a black sheep has a lasting effect on his family in “About Her Brother.” The result is a film that begins […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/brother_21-115x115.jpg "“About Her Brother” – 2010 Japan Cuts Film Festival Review")
“About Her Brother” – 2010 Japan Cuts Film Festival Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 14, 2010 | No CommentsDirector Yoji Yamada accurately captures the portrait of how a black sheep has a lasting effect on his family in “About Her Brother.” The result is a film that begins […] -
![“Sweet Little Lies” opens with a couple – played by Miki Nakatani (Ruriko) and Nao Omori (Satoshi) – going through a lovingly-framed sequence of a morning wake-up routine. But little […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/lies_1-115x115.jpg "“Sweet Little Lies” – 2010 Japan Cuts Film Festival Review")
“Sweet Little Lies” – 2010 Japan Cuts Film Festival Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 11, 2010 | No Comments“Sweet Little Lies” opens with a couple – played by Miki Nakatani (Ruriko) and Nao Omori (Satoshi) – going through a lovingly-framed sequence of a morning wake-up routine. But little […] -
![It is very rare when you can say of a film that you have never seen anything quite like it. Such a film is Hitoshi Matsumoto’s comic and cosmic masterwork, […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/still1-115x115.jpg "Hitoshi Matsumoto’s “Symbol” – New York Asian Film Festival 2010 Review")
Hitoshi Matsumoto’s “Symbol” – New York Asian Film Festival 2010 Review
Christopher BournePosted on June 11, 2010 | No CommentsIt is very rare when you can say of a film that you have never seen anything quite like it. Such a film is Hitoshi Matsumoto’s comic and cosmic masterwork, […] -
![“Dear Doctor,” Miwa Nishikawa’s tale of a country doctor who is not all he appears to be, is invested with Nishikawa’s typical psychological acuity and emotional resonance. It opens with […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/still-115x115.jpg "Miwa Nishikawa’s “Dear Doctor” – NYAFF 2010/Japan Cuts Review")
Miwa Nishikawa’s “Dear Doctor” – NYAFF 2010/Japan Cuts Review
Christopher BournePosted on June 11, 2010 | No Comments“Dear Doctor,” Miwa Nishikawa’s tale of a country doctor who is not all he appears to be, is invested with Nishikawa’s typical psychological acuity and emotional resonance. It opens with […] -
![Yoshihiro Nakamura’s latest film “Golden Slumber” teaches us, if nothing else, that sometimes they really are out to get you. The truth of this statement is very quickly learned by […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/masato-sakai-115x115.jpg "Yoshihiro Nakamura’s “Golden Slumber” – NYAFF 2010/Japan Cuts Review")
Yoshihiro Nakamura’s “Golden Slumber” – NYAFF 2010/Japan Cuts Review
Christopher BournePosted on June 7, 2010 | No CommentsYoshihiro Nakamura’s latest film “Golden Slumber” teaches us, if nothing else, that sometimes they really are out to get you. The truth of this statement is very quickly learned by […] -
“Confessions of a Dog” – 2009 Japan Cuts Film Review
Wade-Hahn ChanPosted on December 10, 2009 | No CommentsGen Takahashi's "Confessions of a Dog" is a no-holds barred indictment of the Japanese police force.