Can you describe “Sans Soleil” with something as banal as words? Because how could one come to express the cinematic equivalent of a memory with a...
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By Wally Adams Fran Rubel is one of those figures in cinema that left an invisible impact behind the scenes and from multiple angles. Most people would think...
Although some people do not like to admit it, there are few modern films which have shaped the way cinemagoers perceive Japan quite as significant as Sofia...
“Travelogue / noun / A lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels”Yes, Wim Wenders' “Tokyo-Ga” (literally “Pictures of...
Among the various reasons there are for watching a movie, I have a very peculiar one to add as regards to this one. Critics rating in Rotten tomatoes is 83%...
Fear and Trembling, directed by Alain Corneau and based on the novel of the same name written by Amélie Northomb, is an interesting film that shows us how the...
From the bustle of neon-lit Shinjuku and its ultramodern skyscrapers to the traditional scenery of Mt. Fuji, cherry blossoms, and Shinto shrines, Tokyo has...
Japan Society introduce their next President & CEO, Dr. Joshua W. Walker, who was unanimously approved by their Board of Directors. His official start date...
Tora-san (Kiyoshi Atsumi) emerged as Japan's comic, penniless anti-hero in 1969, when yakuza superstars such as Ken Takakura and Yujiro Ishihara dominated the...
Probably Yukio Mishima's best known acting part, “Afraid to Die (aka Man of the Biting Wind) is a lesser known Yakuza film, that eventually led the Nobel...