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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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Film Archive
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![Just before the screening of “The Blade” at the New York Asian Film Festival, “Yakuza Weapon” actor Arata Yamanaka ducked into the theater – where Korean directors Ryoo Seung-Wan and […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tsui-hark-detective-dee-115x115.jpg "Tsui Hark receives Lifetime Achievement Award at 2011 New York Asian Film Festival")
Tsui Hark receives Lifetime Achievement Award at 2011 New York Asian Film Festival
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 13, 2011 | No CommentsJust before the screening of “The Blade” at the New York Asian Film Festival, “Yakuza Weapon” actor Arata Yamanaka ducked into the theater – where Korean directors Ryoo Seung-Wan and […] -
![The New York premiere of “Yakuza Weapon” on July 9 at the Japan Society welcomed four guests from the film: co-directors Tak Sakaguchi (坂口 拓) and Yudai Yamaguchi (山口 雄大); […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tak-sakaguchi-115x115.jpg "“Yakuza Weapon” actor Tak Sakaguchi (坂口 拓), special guests attend New York premiere")
“Yakuza Weapon” actor Tak Sakaguchi (坂口 拓), special guests attend New York premiere
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 10, 2011 | No CommentsThe New York premiere of “Yakuza Weapon” on July 9 at the Japan Society welcomed four guests from the film: co-directors Tak Sakaguchi (坂口 拓) and Yudai Yamaguchi (山口 雄大); […] -
![A typically odd film from Park Chul-soo, one of Korea’s most original filmmakers, Kazoku Cinema (1998) satirically takes on the idea of artifice and “reality” being one and the same. The […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Kazoku-Cinema-115x115.jpg "Review: Park Chul-soo’s “Kazoku Cinema”")
Review: Park Chul-soo’s “Kazoku Cinema”
Christopher BournePosted on July 8, 2011 | No CommentsA typically odd film from Park Chul-soo, one of Korea’s most original filmmakers, Kazoku Cinema (1998) satirically takes on the idea of artifice and “reality” being one and the same. The […] -
Yeo Joon Han and Peter Davis “Sell Out!” Q&A – 2011 NYAFF
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 5, 2011 | No CommentsPart-musical, part-social commentary on Malaysia, and part-cynical view of capitalism, the duo talk about how difficult it was to get their film screened. -
![A couple of films in the 2011 edition of Japan Cuts, North America’s largest annual Japanese film festival, examine the paths that kids take years after suffering traumatic childhood experiences. […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ALiar2-115x115.jpg "Japan Cuts films explore the long-term effects of broken childhoods")
Japan Cuts films explore the long-term effects of broken childhoods
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 4, 2011 | No CommentsA couple of films in the 2011 edition of Japan Cuts, North America’s largest annual Japanese film festival, examine the paths that kids take years after suffering traumatic childhood experiences. […] -
Takayuki Yamada (山田孝之) Q&A – 2011 New York Asian Film Festival
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 4, 2011 | No CommentsJapanese actor Takayuki Yamada answers questions before the screening of "13 Assassins" at the 2011 New York Asian Film Festival on July 2, 2011. -
![The title of this 2006 film from Malaysian filmmaker James Lee could easily serve as that of a grand romantic epic, or perhaps one of the Korean television dramas extolled […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Before_We_Fall_In_Love_Again_4-115x115.jpg "Review: James Lee’s “Before We Fall in Love Again”")
Review: James Lee’s “Before We Fall in Love Again”
Christopher BournePosted on July 1, 2011 | No CommentsThe title of this 2006 film from Malaysian filmmaker James Lee could easily serve as that of a grand romantic epic, or perhaps one of the Korean television dramas extolled […] -
![A story about an awkward, bespectacled boy trying to make his way through school, meet new friends and find his way through life sounds like a straightforward feel-good Disney kids’ […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/NinjaKids-115x115.jpg "Takashi Miike’s “Ninja Kids!!!” (忍たま乱太郎) – 2011 NYAFF and Japan Cuts Review")
Takashi Miike’s “Ninja Kids!!!” (忍たま乱太郎) – 2011 NYAFF and Japan Cuts Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 28, 2011 | No CommentsA story about an awkward, bespectacled boy trying to make his way through school, meet new friends and find his way through life sounds like a straightforward feel-good Disney kids’ […] -
![Yoshimasa Ishibashi is a video installation artist-turned-sketch comedy director whose best known creation is the 2000 television show “Vermillion Pleasure Night.” This program featured among its wacky sketches “Oh, Mikey!” […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Milocrorze_011-115x115.jpg "\"Milocrorze: A Love Story\" (ミロクローゼ) – 2011 NYAFF/Japan Cuts Festival Review")
"Milocrorze: A Love Story" (ミロクローゼ) – 2011 NYAFF/Japan Cuts Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on June 26, 2011 | No CommentsYoshimasa Ishibashi is a video installation artist-turned-sketch comedy director whose best known creation is the 2000 television show “Vermillion Pleasure Night.” This program featured among its wacky sketches “Oh, Mikey!” […] -
![Li Yu’s fourth feature “Buddha Mountain” is, among many other things, a film of generational collision. One side of the divide is represented by Nan Feng (Fan Bingbing), Ding Bo […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/buddha-mountain-115x115.jpg "“Buddha Mountain” (观音山) – 2011 New York Asian Film Festival Review")
“Buddha Mountain” (观音山) – 2011 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on June 26, 2011 | No CommentsLi Yu’s fourth feature “Buddha Mountain” is, among many other things, a film of generational collision. One side of the divide is represented by Nan Feng (Fan Bingbing), Ding Bo […]