Journey to Disaster: Toshiro Mifune in “Band of Assassins”
He asked to be shaved because he knew exactly what was going to happen to his head
Salute to Toshiro Mifune: Japan’s Greatest Movie Star
When Hideyoshi orders his soldiers to cut off the man’s nose and ears, he fights back
Rock Gods in Japan: Who’s Appropriating Who?
A famous number of theirs compares a girlfriend’s physical attributes to those of a high-performance sports car.
Bopping and Bathing in Beppu
Ichiro has never left his hometown. He has his pick of the local females
Herzog’s Onoda: The Twilight World
Crickets scream at the cosmos… A crocodile ate a countess…
Laugh and Live: A Barbarian on Japan’s Art Island
“The guy went to beaches all over the world to take these photos, and they all look the same?”
The Hunter: Reconsidering Shintaro Ishihara Part 2
He doubted that Queen Elizabeth would apologize for the Opium Wars if she visited China
The Provocateur: Reconsidering Shintaro Ishihara
Ishihara helped to mould the era, and the era helped to mould him
The Salesman from Hell: Fujiko A.’s Dark Masterpiece
Essentially a variation on the Faust story set in the world of office workers and hostess bars, it is emphatically for adults
Joan Miro’s Japanese Dream
Don’t expect any polite references to wabi sabi or other familiar Japanese aesthetic values