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May Kamaka wins the Miss Chinatown Hawaii 2026 Pageant
09 October 2025 12:52 PM | No CommentsKamaka will now represent the neighborhood at the Miss Hawaii state pageant.
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M+ host of Guo Pei’s first major fashion exhibition in East Asia
07 October 2025 6:25 AM | No CommentsThe haute couture designer celebrated her first major solo fashion exhibition, continuing to build on the fame of her yellow gown worn by Rihanna at the 2015 Met Gala.
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Photos: G-STAR “Anatomic Denim” F/W 2025 collection & Denim Gorilla
05 October 2025 12:38 AM | No CommentsFor its "Anatomic Denim" collection, G-STAR came up with three products: a visual campaign, three denim product lines, and an art gorilla sculpture.
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MLB: Dodgers 7, Reds 0 (Aug. 25, 2025) – Shohei tutors Teoscar?
03 October 2025 1:20 AM | No CommentsBased on the video and photos...was Shohei giving Teoscar some pointers on how to play right field?
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MLB: Dodgers 7, Reds 0 (Aug. 25, 2025) – V of BTS throws opening pitch
01 October 2025 11:56 AM | No CommentsOne can be forgiven for wondering why the atmosphere at Dodger Stadium resembled a BTS concert instead of a home game against the Cincinnati Reds.
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Japan Archive
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![One of my favorite recent Japanese films is the complex crime drama/lovers-on-the-run story Villain, screening as part of Japan Society’s film series “Love Will Tear Us Apart.” Below is what I […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/AC_Villain_악인_ST4-115x115.jpg "“Love Will Tear Us Apart” Review: Lee Sang-il’s “Villain”")
“Love Will Tear Us Apart” Review: Lee Sang-il’s “Villain”
Christopher BournePosted on March 8, 2012 | No CommentsOne of my favorite recent Japanese films is the complex crime drama/lovers-on-the-run story Villain, screening as part of Japan Society’s film series “Love Will Tear Us Apart.” Below is what I […] -
![Shinya Tsukamoto’s beautiful film Vital (2004), one of the great highlights of Japan Society’s film series “Love Will Tear Us Apart,” continues his filmic exploration of the human […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/vital_8-115x115.jpg "“Love Will Tear Us Apart” Review: Shinya Tsukamoto’s “Vital”")
“Love Will Tear Us Apart” Review: Shinya Tsukamoto’s “Vital”
Christopher BournePosted on March 1, 2012 | No CommentsShinya Tsukamoto’s beautiful film Vital (2004), one of the great highlights of Japan Society’s film series “Love Will Tear Us Apart,” continues his filmic exploration of the human […] -
![Nishi Ginza Station (1958) was Imamura’s second film, a studio assignment made as a vehicle for popular singer Frank Nagai. Imamura was able to use this as a vehicle for […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/nishiginza_Large-115x115.jpg "Review: Shohei Imamura’s “Nishi Ginza Station”")
Review: Shohei Imamura’s “Nishi Ginza Station”
Christopher BournePosted on February 10, 2012 | No CommentsNishi Ginza Station (1958) was Imamura’s second film, a studio assignment made as a vehicle for popular singer Frank Nagai. Imamura was able to use this as a vehicle for […] -
![Kiyoshi Kurosawa is one of the most consistently interesting stylists in Japanese cinema. His films can be superficially associated with the “J-Horror” genre, but anyone familiar with his work […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Review: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “Retribution”")
Review: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “Retribution”
Christopher BournePosted on January 27, 2012 | No CommentsKiyoshi Kurosawa is one of the most consistently interesting stylists in Japanese cinema. His films can be superficially associated with the “J-Horror” genre, but anyone familiar with his work […] -
Best Films of 2011: United Red Army / Caterpillar
Christopher BournePosted on December 25, 2011 | No CommentsKoji Wakamatsu has most definitely not mellowed in old age. -
Review: Shohei Imamura’s “Stolen Desire”
Christopher BournePosted on December 9, 2011 | No CommentsStolen Desire (1958), Imamura’s first feature film, and the first of three films he released in that year, is his delightful tribute to the “earthy” citizens of the Kawachi […] -
![If a film festival programmer asked “Hostel” director and “Inglourious Basterds” actor Eli Roth to choose a title for the program, he or she would probably expect a horror movie […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/eli-roth-115x115.jpg "Singafest brings out “Hostel” director Eli Roth’s love for Asian films")
Singafest brings out “Hostel” director Eli Roth’s love for Asian films
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on December 7, 2011 | No CommentsIf a film festival programmer asked “Hostel” director and “Inglourious Basterds” actor Eli Roth to choose a title for the program, he or she would probably expect a horror movie […] -
Review: Shohei Imamura’s “A Man Vanishes”
Christopher BournePosted on November 25, 2011 | No CommentsA mystery without a solution, A Man Vanishes (1967) is a fascinating study of the eminently collapsible boundary between reality and artifice. More precisely, it suggests that what we […] -
Review: Risa Morimoto’s “Wings of Defeat”
Christopher BournePosted on October 28, 2011 | No Comments"Wings of Defeat" sheds valuable light on one of the most notorious yet least understood aspects of World War II, the Japanese pilots known as kamikaze. -
Film Review: Buichi Saito’s “Plains Wanderer”
Christopher BournePosted on October 7, 2011 | No CommentsBuichi Saito’s 1960 feature "Plains Wanderer" is a sterling example of the “Eastern Western” genre, a popular staple of Nikkatsu action films.