Mishima in the Twenty First Century
Can you imagine best-selling novelist Haruki Murakami leading a coup attempt against Japanese Prime Minister Suga?
The Return of Yukio Mishima
“It’s not an accident that Don Quixote encounters strange things,” he mused. “It’s caused by his personality… I’m a Don Quixote.”
The Gambler Vs. The Bodybuilder: Shuji Terayama Meets Yukio Mishima
Strangely enough, it is the approach of the iconoclastic Terayama that seems more in tune with traditional Japanese aesthetics
Sayonara, Bondo-san: Sean Connery’s Japan
Bond doesn’t go the full Lafcadio Hearn, but he does “become Japanese”
Japan’s Joe Biden Problem
For them Japan will always be the guilty party and therefore the one that must make concessions.
Harvey Weinstein Dates Princess Mononoke: How Studio Ghibli Went Global
“Why is the Deer God a god? Is that a Japanese thing? Is he a good god or a bad god?”
Steal All the Clocks: Terayama, Yoko Ono and The Beatles Pt.6
He got involved in a failed attempt to blow up the Ogouchi Dam in Okutama, north of Tokyo
What’s French for Bullshit? Terayama, Yoko Ono and The Beatles Pt. 5
Imagine that it was Paul and Yoko that appeared naked together on a record cover…
Six Reasons Why Shinzo Abe Could Make Another Comeback
Japan handles political transitions with enviable speed and lack of drama
“One Love Chigusa”: Soji Shimada’s Homage to Tezuka
Women with mechanical bodies that display monetary amounts scrolling up and down. Men with transparent mouths stretching from ear to ear.