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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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Alan Yuen’s “Firestorm” (風暴) – 2013 ScreenSingapore Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on December 7, 2013 | No CommentsStarring Gordon Lam Ka Tung and Andy Lau, "Firestorm" is a familiar take on the Hong Kong police film genre that is stuffed with too many elements. -
On the red carpet: Jack Yang – “Firestorm” (風暴) World Premiere
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on December 6, 2013 | No CommentsActor Jack Yang attended the ScreenSingapore premiere of "Firestorm" (Andy Lau, Gordon Lam). He has been shooting the local TV series "Point of Entry." -
“Cold War” – 2013 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 9, 2013 | No CommentsIs “Cold War” in the same league as “Infernal Affairs,” “Ip Man” or “A Simple Life?” Or was it merely the best movie that Hong Kong had to offer last year? -
Johnnie To’s “Drug War” – 2013 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Angela K. HomPosted on July 4, 2013 | No CommentsProduced with the Mainland Chinese market and censors in mind, "Drug War" lacks the wild scenes that viewers of To's earlier work have come to expect. -
“Tales from the Dark Part 1” – 2013 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Angela K. HomPosted on July 1, 2013 | No CommentsSimon Yam, Lee Chi Ngai and Fruit Chan each direct one portion of "Tales from the Dark Part 1," an omnibus of three horror films with varying results. -
“City Hunter” – Jackie Chan Experience at Lincoln Center Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 16, 2013 | No Comments“City Hunter” is enormously entertaining silliness to the nth degree, yet chock-full of outrageous stunts performed by Chan in his prime. -
Jackie Chan charms New York, wins lifetime achievement award
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 15, 2013 | No CommentsWhen the recipient of the Star Asia Lifetime Achievement Award is someone who literally created a new genre of Hong Kong cinema, he must be feted with his own separate retrospective and series of appearances. -
Searching for Hong Kong cinema in Macau
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 29, 2013 | No CommentsWhat is a mere 40 miles between two administrative regions in China? Plenty, as it turns out from a cinematic standpoint. -
Hong Kong’s Golden Harvest tribute: Nostalgia through film, footage
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 5, 2013 | No CommentsFor the next generation of film fans, the Hong Kong Film Archive’s efforts in keeping Golden Harvest's films alive should serve as a required reminder of an important era in cinema history. -
On the red carpet: Michelle Yeoh (楊紫瓊) – 2013 Asian Film Awards
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on March 30, 2013 | No CommentsMichelle Yeoh, the final celebrity to arrive on the red carpet, won the Excellence in Asian Cinema Award and told Meniscus how stunts have changed.