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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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![Kaboom, the latest film by Gregg Araki, is billed as “The Gregg Araki Movie.” This strongly indicates that Kaboom can be seen as a sort of career summing-up, marrying the […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Kaboom-115x115.jpg "Review: Gregg Araki’s “Kaboom”")
Review: Gregg Araki’s “Kaboom”
Christopher BournePosted on January 28, 2011 | No CommentsKaboom, the latest film by Gregg Araki, is billed as “The Gregg Araki Movie.” This strongly indicates that Kaboom can be seen as a sort of career summing-up, marrying the […] -
![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 […] -
![What can I say about Today’s Special, opening in theaters today? Should I start with the good news or the bad news? I guess I’ll start with the positives. This […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Todays-Special-115x115.jpg "Review: David Kaplan’s “Today’s Special”")
Review: David Kaplan’s “Today’s Special”
Christopher BournePosted on November 19, 2010 | No CommentsWhat can I say about Today’s Special, opening in theaters today? Should I start with the good news or the bad news? I guess I’ll start with the positives. This […] -
Marvel writer Greg Pak unveils new comic in Philadelphia
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on November 9, 2010 | No CommentsAll three parts of new digital comic by Greg Pak, titled “Vision Machine,” are available to Meniscus readers via the Creative Commons license. -
![The Conley Brothers’ debut feature “Colin Hearts Kay” is a very local affair. It is shot entirely in Brooklyn, its lead characters are hip Brooklynites, and its soundtrack features young […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/still-115x115.gif "“Colin Hearts Kay” Review – 2010 Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival")
“Colin Hearts Kay” Review – 2010 Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival
Eric HungPosted on October 31, 2010 | No CommentsThe Conley Brothers’ debut feature “Colin Hearts Kay” is a very local affair. It is shot entirely in Brooklyn, its lead characters are hip Brooklynites, and its soundtrack features young […] -
![Angry about the persistent parental pressure for marriage, sore about another failed relationship, and disgusted by how she as a woman was treated as “a big inconvenience” in Asia, Helie […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/mlm-115x115.jpg "“Macho Like Me” Review – 2010 San Diego Asian Film Festival")
“Macho Like Me” Review – 2010 San Diego Asian Film Festival
Eric HungPosted on October 26, 2010 | No CommentsAngry about the persistent parental pressure for marriage, sore about another failed relationship, and disgusted by how she as a woman was treated as “a big inconvenience” in Asia, Helie […] -
![In 1993, Catherine Suh conspired to have her younger brother Andrew murder her fiancé, Robert O’Dubaine, in the garage of their Chicago home. Today, both Suhs are serving life sentences. […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/house-of-suh-poster-115x115.jpg "“The House of Suh” Review – 2010 San Diego Asian Film Festival")
“The House of Suh” Review – 2010 San Diego Asian Film Festival
Eric HungPosted on October 20, 2010 | No CommentsIn 1993, Catherine Suh conspired to have her younger brother Andrew murder her fiancé, Robert O’Dubaine, in the garage of their Chicago home. Today, both Suhs are serving life sentences. […] -
![To write poetry is To remember mother’s hands. Joint swollen, Washing the white rice At cold dawn during winter solstice To write poetry is […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/still-115x115.jpg "Lee Chang-dong’s “Poetry” – 2010 New York Film Festival Review")
Lee Chang-dong’s “Poetry” – 2010 New York Film Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on October 17, 2010 | No CommentsTo write poetry is To remember mother’s hands. Joint swollen, Washing the white rice At cold dawn during winter solstice To write poetry is […]