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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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![A hilarious and inventive kaiju eiga repurposed for the modern media landscape, “Dainipponjin” showcases the considerable talents of its writer-director-star Hitoshi Matsumoto. It begins as a rather odd mock-documentary about […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/dainipponjin-115x115.jpg "Hitoshi Matsumoto’s “Dainipponjin” – 2008 NYAFF & Japan Cuts Review")
Hitoshi Matsumoto’s “Dainipponjin” – 2008 NYAFF & Japan Cuts Review
Christopher BournePosted on June 13, 2008 | No CommentsA hilarious and inventive kaiju eiga repurposed for the modern media landscape, “Dainipponjin” showcases the considerable talents of its writer-director-star Hitoshi Matsumoto. It begins as a rather odd mock-documentary about […] -
![From Fredric March in “Death Takes a Holiday” to Brad Pitt in “Meet Joe Black,” the idea of a handsome figure representing Death has had immense appeal in the movies. […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/accuracy-of-death-115x115.jpg "Masaya Kakei’s “Accuracy of Death” – 2008 NYAFF & Japan Cuts Review")
Masaya Kakei’s “Accuracy of Death” – 2008 NYAFF & Japan Cuts Review
Christopher BournePosted on June 13, 2008 | No CommentsFrom Fredric March in “Death Takes a Holiday” to Brad Pitt in “Meet Joe Black,” the idea of a handsome figure representing Death has had immense appeal in the movies. […] -
![Much like the Japanese beef stew that gives the film its title, Takashi Miike’s “Sukiyaki Western Django” is a cinematic concoction chock-full of potentially tasty ingredients. Classic Hollywood westerns, Italian […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/sukiyaki-western-django-115x115.jpg "Takashi Miike’s “Sukiyaki Western Django” – 2008 NYAFF & Japan Cuts Review")
Takashi Miike’s “Sukiyaki Western Django” – 2008 NYAFF & Japan Cuts Review
Christopher BournePosted on June 10, 2008 | No CommentsMuch like the Japanese beef stew that gives the film its title, Takashi Miike’s “Sukiyaki Western Django” is a cinematic concoction chock-full of potentially tasty ingredients. Classic Hollywood westerns, Italian […] -
![“This is not a comedy,” director Masayuki Suo warned the audience before the world premiere of his new film at the Japan Society in New York. “I Just Didn’t Do […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/asaka-seto-115x115.jpg "“I Just Didn’t Do It” a brutal analysis of Japan’s judicial system")
“I Just Didn’t Do It” a brutal analysis of Japan’s judicial system
Christopher BournePosted on January 10, 2007 | No Comments“This is not a comedy,” director Masayuki Suo warned the audience before the world premiere of his new film at the Japan Society in New York. “I Just Didn’t Do […]