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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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Han Han’s “The Continent” – 2014 Busan Film Review
Rex BaylonPosted on October 7, 2014 | No CommentsIn Han Han’s debut feature, “The Continent” (后会无期), the general premise of the road trip movie is used to tell a melancholic tale about three men. -
Sion Sono’s “Tokyo Tribe” – 2014 Busan Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 6, 2014 | No CommentsIn "Tokyo Tribe," Sono has delivered a feast of sight and sound that will convert critics of musicals on the widescreen. -
“Love Never Fails” cast, director discuss topic of suicide
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 5, 2014 | No CommentsWhile Min Byung-hun’s “Love Never Fails” (사랑이이긴다) is based on the true story of a teen girl's suicide, the film focuses more on the psychological aftermath. -
Kiet Le-Van’s “Gentle” – 2014 Busan Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 3, 2014 | No Comments"Gentle," the title of the Vietnamese director's latest film, is a nod to the short story from which it was adapted, Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "A Gentle Creature." -
Baek Jaeho’s “We Will Be OK” – 2014 Busan Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 3, 2014 | No CommentsA film about a director trying to make a film. It's an overused plot device that takes on a greater meaning in actor-turned-director Baek's debut feature. -
“The Coffin in the Mountain” – 2014 Busan Film Review
Rex BaylonPosted on September 26, 2014 | No CommentsFirst-time filmmaker Xin Yukun tackles the messiness of human connection in "The Coffin in the Mountain" (殯棺), a picture obsessed with ritual. -
Film Review: Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia’s “Web Junkie”
Christopher BournePosted on August 8, 2014 | No Comments"Web Junkie" is set in China, which is the first country in the world to officially designate Internet addiction as a clinical disorder. -
A Sonny Chiba interview: Acting, martial arts and family
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on August 3, 2014 | No CommentsSonny Chiba talked to Meniscus Magazine about his work and why – when asked about his proudest achievement – he still strives for more. -
In “Happy Fun Room,” Greg Pak once again explores timeless sci-fi
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 31, 2014 | No CommentsThe short film "Happy Fun Room" is a thought-provoking take on Pak's preferred genre, with a setting disarmingly teetering between past, present and future. -
“Letters From the South” – 2014 Asian American Int’l Film Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on July 31, 2014 | No CommentsAn eclectic anthology of six short films dramatizes the experiences of the Chinese diaspora in southeast Asia.