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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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Japan Archive
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“The Projects” (“Danchi”) – 2016 Japan Cuts Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 17, 2016 | No CommentsAn elderly couple learns that the residents of a nondescript public housing complex are not what they seem in this offbeat gem directed and written by Junji Sakamoto. -
“Twisted Justice” (日本で一番悪い奴ら) – 2016 NYAFF Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 20, 2016 | No Comments“Twisted Justice” comes across as a parody rather than an observation of a man’s professional and personal descent as a pawn of a corrupt system. -
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “Creepy” (クリーピー) – 2016 NYAFF Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 20, 2016 | No CommentsAlthough some have hailed "Creepy" as a return to form for horror master Kiyoshi Kurosawa, his latest still falls short of the brilliance of his past works. -
Meniscus asks director Atsushi Funahashi about…NMB48
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on April 5, 2016 | No CommentsAn unlikely source asked Atsushi Funahashi to direct “Raise Your Arms and Twist – Documentary of NMB48,” which made its international premiere in Hong Kong. -
Sion Sono’s “The Whispering Star” – 2016 HKIFF Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on April 3, 2016 | No CommentsThe best way to consume "The Whispering Star" is to forget Sono's previous work and to see it as a search for personal meaning in a post-3/11 environment. -
Isao Yukisada’s “Pink and Gray” – 2016 HKIFF Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on April 1, 2016 | No Comments"Pink and Gray" (ピンクとグレー) is a case study in how simultaneous identity loss and theft, combined with crippling insecurity, can lead to dangerous obsession. -
Kaori Momoi’s “Hee” (火 Hee) – 2016 Hong Kong Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on March 28, 2016 | No CommentsIn just her second film as a director, Kaori Momoi skillfully captures the psychological unwinding of an aging woman in "Hee." -
Stars hit the 2015 Silver Screen Awards red carpet
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on December 10, 2015 | No CommentsFilm talent and VIPs from Asia and beyond attended the 2015 Silver Screen Awards in Singapore, including Michelle Yeoh and David Beckham. -
Film Review: Nobuhiko Obayashi’s “Sada”
Rex BaylonPosted on November 21, 2015 | No CommentsObayashi's 1998 work makes Sada Abe no longer the subject of prurient interest but possibly one of the most unique female figures in 20th century Japan. -
“Bound for the Fields, the Mountains and the Seacoast”: Film Review
Rex BaylonPosted on November 18, 2015 | No CommentsNobuhiko Obayashi’s “Bound for the Fields, the Mountains and the Seacoast” (1986) critically explored the era when Japan began to exponentially militarize.