Titled after Kaku Arakawa’s NHK documentary about the Japanese anime visionary Hayao Miyazaki “Never-Ending Man”, Steve Alpert‘s...
Category - Book Reviews
Collecting several stories from prominent Korean author Ha Seong-nan, “Flowers of Mold” offers segments that examine the inherent tragedy brought...
“Spark” by Naoki Matayoshi is by all accounts a hit novel in Japan. It has sold more than three million copies, won the most prestigious Japanese literary...
The Kanos’ believe they have found their dream home when they strike a really good deal on an apartment. An ideal location, which is close to school...
Exploring the tenuous relationship between idol and fan, Yoshikazu Takeuchi‘s “Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis” follows the idol known...
My thoughts and admiration for Mark Schilling‘s work have already been shared in the review of “Art, Cult and Commerce“. In that regard...
Let me start with a personal note. I have been reading, writing, watching and obsessing with Asian cinema for about 15 years now and in that time frame, Mark...
I first came to know Seicho Matsumoto when Adelphi Edizioni published an Italian translation of his 1961 “La ragazza del Kyushu” / “Pro Bono” (Kiri no Hata)...
