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Film”EMPEROR” Honne (true feeling) and Tatemae...
I just saw the film. It was not excellent but not bad, actually it was good considering it was made by Americans. It was indeed made from American perspective but thoroughly desriptive about Japanese personality and culture. The story was based on memoirs of a former military officer who did re... Read more ...
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”Classic Car Festa” in Jingu Gaien, Tokyo
It might sound Japanese English. It means Retroprospective automobile exhibition. Tens of the old generation cars lined up in one place, called Jingu Gaien on 1 of December 2012. It was a great show. I could see a lot of kinds of cars in the old days. Most notable ones I want to introduce, ... Read more ...
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Film”The Help” and ”Precious” Elegant & Rich...
Two films are stories about Afro-Americans in the U.S. Both of them described hard situations that Black people had experienced in the past and maybe even now. "The Help" was a story of Afro-American maids working for white families in Mississippi in 1960's when segregation was very common. Afr... Read more ...
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Film”The Iron Lady” Mrs. Thatcher was indeed...
Biopic of former British prime minister, the only female PM in British history. Maybe she was as notable as Queen Elizabeth in pre-modern time. She was born in a family of grocery. Her father was local mayor. She studied in Oxford. She lived through 2nd world war, and struggled with ... Read more ...
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Japanese film ”THERMAE ROMAE” meaning Roman...
Japanese actors playing Roman people in Hadrian era of Roman Empire. One Roman architect of the bath time slipps to modern Japan and experience modern style bath. All dialogues are done in Japanese except some short Latin dialogues. Interesting thing was viewers could learn how Rom... Read more ...
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Book on US Occupation of Japan after WW2...
A book "Washington Heights" is written by a female journalist, AKIO Satoko. She studied how the United States government managed occupied Japan after the country defeated his enemy. Then she spotlighted on "Washington Heights," which was exclusive residential area for the U.S. military... Read more ...
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True lesbian story ”Юрико, до свидания.”
The title is Russian but it is Japanese film about two Japanese women who had a sexual relationship in 1920's. It means "Yuriko, Good-bye!." One of them is Yoshiko Yuasa , who was a translator for Russian literature. The other is Yuriko Nakajo, a novelist. They met in Tokyo and start... Read more ...
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Assange was arrested, next is me?
I guess not, but I did kind of similar thing to what he did. But much more minor scale. An Australian whistle blower site manager, a former hacker was arrested for alleged sexual offense filed by Swedish police. Since US government information he leaked in collaboration with US milita... Read more ...
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Dear Japanese American People
I just recently watched TV mini-series drama about Japanese Americans who immigrated to the U.S. in early 20th century. The title of the series is " 99nen no ai (99 years of Love), Japanese Americans ." I watched last 2 episodes of 5. It was a story of young Japanese Americans who joined 442nd ... Read more ...
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China and Japan
The relationship between the two nations got worsened. Both sides are afraid of the other's imperialism. China experienced invasion of Japanese army 65 years ago. Japan learnt how Tibet has been treated by China in postwar era, which was typically described in the film, "Seven... Read more ...