November 2009
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Shintaro v Raizo @ Japan Society NYC →
Nov 30th
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On my playlist this week: The Whispering of the...
Nov 30th
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Nov 29th
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Nov 25th
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Nov 25th
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Nov 25th
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Nov 25th
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I'm not the only one...
who’s interested in Ayako Wakao’s films: http://asiashock.blogspot.com/2009/11/red-angel.html Good review by Patrick Galloway.
Nov 25th
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The Foreign Duck, The Native Duck And God In A...
アヒルと鴨のコインロッカー is one of the most thoroughly original films I’ve seen lately. One of the most thrilling and puzzling premise. Completely took me by surprise. Certainly the title is quirky enough to attract a specific category of people. Little did I know I would enjoy it that much. Great storytelling, great acting, great filmmaking… The Kinotayo festival is screening it in Paris....
Nov 24th
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Seisaku's Wife [currently watching]
For a prospective series, perhaps:
Nov 24th
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Nov 23rd
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Omens
wondering which one I liked better: Misumi’s “Satan’s Sword” or Okamoto’s “Sword of Doom”
Nov 19th
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Tsai Ming-Liang's "Face"... first impression.
Visage/Face… typical Tsai Ming-Liang. Half of me liked it. Other half walked out.
Nov 15th
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Nov 9th
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Blurbing... about blade-swinging and stuff
Funny how short texts take forever to write. The picture below is a good illustration of how I’m feeling right now. Ichikawa looks pretty good lying down in the snow like that, and still slicing and dicing. A rather unique sword fighting scene (“Samurai Vendetta”).
Nov 6th
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Hello world
Hello world, I’ll be blogging here, about Japanese cinema, mostly and among other things… This is going to be mind-blowing (I hope). Yoroshiku!
Nov 3rd
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