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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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“Neko Samurai 2: A Tropical Adventure” – 2015 BiFan Film Review
Rex BaylonPosted on August 5, 2015 | No CommentsTamonojo (the cat) and Kazuki Kitamura (the samurai) return in "Neko Samurai 2: A Tropical Adventure," a film a film ruled by s(cat)tological logic. -
Jon Watts’ “Cop Car” – 2015 Fantasia Film Review
Paul KazeePosted on August 5, 2015 | No CommentsTwo kids find a cop car and go on a joyride. They don't realize that it belongs to a sheriff (Kevin Bacon), who is in the nearby woods hiding a body. -
Sion Sono’s “Shinjuku Swan” – 2015 Fantasia Film Review
Paul KazeePosted on August 3, 2015 | No CommentsProfessionally shot and edited, "Shinjuku Swan" is – of all of Sono’s releases in 2015 to date – the one he clearly took the most care with. -
“German Angst” – 2015 Fantasia Film Review
Paul KazeePosted on August 1, 2015 | No CommentsComprising three short films all set in Berlin, "German Angst" provokes thought and revulsion in near equal measure. -
“The Case of Hana & Alice”– 2015 Fantasia Film Review
Paul KazeePosted on July 30, 2015 | No CommentsIn "The Case of Hana & Alice," we learn that nothing quite says “I Love You” like “I won’t forget this pain as long as I live.” And isn’t that the truth! -
“He Never Died” – 2015 Fantasia Film Review
Paul KazeePosted on July 29, 2015 | No CommentsEasily one of the best films at Fantasia this year, Henry Rollins is simply brilliant as the taciturn mystery man in Jason Krawczyk's "He Never Died." -
“Moonwalkers” – 2015 BiFan Film Review
Rex BaylonPosted on July 29, 2015 | No CommentsPart stoner comedy, film about film, cockney gangster actioner and genre lampoon, "Moonwalkers" is a loving homage to Stanley Kubrick’s films. -
Sion Sono’s “Love & Peace” – 2015 Fantasia Film Review
Paul KazeePosted on July 28, 2015 | No CommentsOne of several feature films by Sion Sono this year, it truly pays to give the rough edges in "Love & Peace" a pass. -
Miguel Ángel Vivas’ “Extinction” – 2015 Fantasia Film Review
Paul KazeePosted on July 28, 2015 | No CommentsTwo men who hate each other + one girl + one dog + zombies = the film "Extinction," which made its world premiere at Fantasia 2015. -
Fantasia 2015: The Real Miyagi, Cash Only, Tales of Halloween
Paul KazeePosted on July 27, 2015 | No CommentsA look at two world premieres ("Cash Only," "Tales of Halloween") and a documentary about a karate master ("The Real Miyagi") at Fantasia 2015 in Montreal.