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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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“Halfway” Review – 2009 Japan Cuts Festival of New Japanese Film
Wade-Hahn ChanPosted on December 8, 2009 | No CommentsEriko Kitagawa's feature debut "Halfway" (ハルフウェイ) creates a compelling portrayal of teen romance that is refreshingly unpretentious and naturally sweet. -
From a packed Pusan lineup, a Top 10 film list emerges
Christopher BournePosted on October 25, 2009 | No CommentsForming a list of the best films is probably the height of folly; still, I want to highlight some of the films at the 2009 Pusan International Film Festival. -
![“Kanikosen,” or “The Crab Factory Ship,” is a famous work of proletarian literature by Takiji Kobayashi, first published in 1929. It tells the story of a group of men on […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/kanikosen-115x115.jpg "Sabu’s “Kanikosen” – New York Film Festival 2009 Review")
Sabu’s “Kanikosen” – New York Film Festival 2009 Review
Christopher BournePosted on September 26, 2009 | No Comments“Kanikosen,” or “The Crab Factory Ship,” is a famous work of proletarian literature by Takiji Kobayashi, first published in 1929. It tells the story of a group of men on […] -
Tak Sakaguchi and Isao Karasawa mock fight! – 2009 New York Asian Film Festival
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 30, 2009 | No CommentsTak Sakaguchi (坂口拓) and Isao Karasawa engaged in a friendly duel before the June 29, 2009 screening of "Be A Man! Samurai School" at the New York Asian Film Festival. -
![A Japanese action movie starring Takeshi Kaneshiro alone would prompt a number of women to run to the theaters, no matter what the quality of the film. “K-20: Legend of […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/takako-takeshi-115x115.jpg "“K-20: Legend of the Mask” Review – 2009 New York Asian Film Festival")
“K-20: Legend of the Mask” Review – 2009 New York Asian Film Festival
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 23, 2009 | No CommentsA Japanese action movie starring Takeshi Kaneshiro alone would prompt a number of women to run to the theaters, no matter what the quality of the film. “K-20: Legend of […] -
![Day after day all I see are dead people. And so the dead appear to me as serene, even beautiful. By contrast, the despicableness of the living began to irk […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Departures-115x115.jpg "Yojiro Takita’s “Departures” – 2009 Tribeca Film Festival Review")
Yojiro Takita’s “Departures” – 2009 Tribeca Film Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on June 14, 2009 | No CommentsDay after day all I see are dead people. And so the dead appear to me as serene, even beautiful. By contrast, the despicableness of the living began to irk […] -
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “Tokyo Sonata” – 2008 NYFF Review
Christopher BournePosted on September 29, 2008 | No Comments"Tokyo Sonata" is Kurosawa's best in quite a few years, a truly frightening work that achieves its effects without resorting to tired genre mechanics. -
A Naomi Kawase interview: “The Mourning Forest”
Christopher BournePosted on August 19, 2008 | No CommentsMeniscus Magazine interviews Naomi Kawase about her film "The Mourning Forest," which opened the Japan Cuts Festival of New Japanese Film in New York. -
![Celebrity conspiracy meets fan club mania in a cleverly-crafted feature called “Kisaragi,” the closing film of this year’s Japan Cuts Festival in New York City. A year has passed since […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/kisaragi-115x115.jpg "Yuichi Sato’s “Kisaragi” – 2008 Japan Cuts Review")
Yuichi Sato’s “Kisaragi” – 2008 Japan Cuts Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 10, 2008 | No CommentsCelebrity conspiracy meets fan club mania in a cleverly-crafted feature called “Kisaragi,” the closing film of this year’s Japan Cuts Festival in New York City. A year has passed since […] -
Li Ying’s “Yasukuni” – 2008 NYAFF & Japan Cuts Review
Christopher BournePosted on July 5, 2008 | No CommentsLi Ying’s documentary "Yasukuni" examines one of the most politically contentious spots in Japan: a memorial to Japan’s fallen soldiers during World War II.