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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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Film Archive
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Red carpet: Christopher Smith’s “Detour” – 2016 Tribeca Film Festival
Ekaterina GolovinskayaPosted on June 27, 2016 | No CommentsActors Emory Cohen, Gbenga Akinnagbe and Tye Sheridan; director Christopher Smith; and producer Julie Baines attended the world premiere of "Detour." -
Red carpet: “Mother” (“Ema”) – 2016 Tribeca Film Festival
Ekaterina GolovinskayaPosted on June 26, 2016 | No CommentsBacked by an all-female creative team, the international premiere of "Mother" ("Ema" in Estonian) took place at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival in New York. -
“A Violent Prosecutor” – 2016 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 25, 2016 | No Comments“A Violent Prosecutor” features a strategically-timed sense of humor and the scene-stealing performance of Kang Dong-won. -
“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. -
“Inside Men” (내부자들) – 2016 NYAFF Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 20, 2016 | No Comments"Inside Men" is packed with so many bad guys and so much sleaze that you actually find yourself rooting for who can devise the most vicious scheme to win. -
“Apocalypse Child” – 2016 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Rex BaylonPosted on June 20, 2016 | No CommentsUltimately Mario Cornejo's “Apocalypse Child” is a mess, with a plot that goes nowhere and offers very little in the way of emotional connection. -
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. -
Geon Kim’s “Keep Going” – 2016 Short Shorts Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 11, 2016 | No CommentsGeon Kim's polished work could have easily been shown as part of a longer feature, following the scores of impressive Korean action films in recent years. -
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.