Holiday Gift Ideas for Japan Geeks
Posted by harvey in Crazy Consumers, Gadgets, Media, Movies on 25. Nov, 2010 | 5 Comments
Here are some holiday gift ideas that Japan geeks will probably enjoy… I’m going to try to be a little one-off here, because I know lists like these are everywhere! Life Lessons from the Masters If you have anything you would recommend please tell us in the comments! Gift Idea Number 1! Zen in the [...]
Live from Tokyo Movie in NYC Oct 29th
Posted by harvey in Culture, Media, Movies, Music on 26. Oct, 2010 | Comments Off
Looks good! If you’re in NYC on Oct 29th you should clear your schedule and go check it out. Live From Tokyo Trailer from Lewis Rapkin on Vimeo. Got this email the other day through the JapanNewbie contact form. Good info, passing it along. LIVE FROM TOKYO – a documentary about indie music in Tokyo [...]
Movie: Manji
Posted by harvey in Media, Movies on 16. Oct, 2010 | Comments Off
So I just saw Manji, a 1964 movie by director Yasuzo Masumura, and based on a book by Junichiro Tanizaki. This movie had my attention from the very beginning all the way to the end. Loved it! First of all, Manji is all in Kansai-ben. If you’ve been reading this blog at all and paying [...]
Metropolis – Anime Worth Watching!
Posted by harvey in Media, Movies on 09. Oct, 2010 | 2 Comments
Continuing my Japanese movie binge I’m moving on to a classic Japanese Animated movie – Metropolis. Metropolis was made in 2002, but is based on a 1949 manga by Tezuka Osamu of AstroBoy fame, and it really shows – in a good way. This is a great movie with slick animation and surprisingly awesome music. [...]
Movie Time: A Scene at the Sea
Posted by harvey in Media, Movies on 05. Oct, 2010 | 1 Comment
あの夏、いちばん静かな海 So this time I watched A Scene at the Sea by the famous Japanese director Takeshi “Beat” Kitano. This is one of his earlier movies, done in 1991. The Japanese title is あの夏、いちばん静かな海, which directly translated would be more like, “The most quiet sea that summer.” Unlike most of his other films, this one [...]
Film Binge: Charisma by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Posted by harvey in Media, Movies on 08. Sep, 2010 | Comments Off
I just watched Charisma by Kiyoshi Kurosawa on cue from my copy of A Hundred Years of Japanese Film by Donald Richie. This is a film I can recommend. It’s nuts. You’ll also notice that the main actor is Koji Yakusho, the famous Japanese actor of Shall We Dance fame. Without giving anything away, this [...]
Film Binge: Yukinojo Henge
Posted by harvey in Culture, Media, Movies on 03. Sep, 2010 | Comments Off
I recently got a copy of A Hundred Years of Japanese Film by Donald Richie, so I have been looking up the titles mentioned in the book and checking out my university library to see what I can get. The library is awesome. They have so many of the films listed… I’m sure I’m going [...]
Learn Kansai-ben from Daichen
Posted by harvey in Humor, Language, Media, Movies, Osaka on 31. Jul, 2010 | 2 Comments
Learn Kansaiben the Daichen style! (チンピラ？） http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWMqdmXSeS0 In order to, “add value,” I have provided the Japanese text of the Kansai-ben. Starting from 0:41 in the video だまれってゆっとるやろが！ ああ？われら何様のつもりや 大人なめとったら痛い目あうぞ あぁ！ほんましばくぞ、われ。ほっんとに！ Other guy: やめてください。落ち着いて下さい。 おい、今なんの時間や おい、質問聞いとんねや 答えろや 今なんの時間や？遊びの時間か？ ちゃうやろ、英語の時間じゃ 英語の時間なにするんや？英語勉強するんや ったく、ほんまに。 おい、そこの三人 われら三人が一番うるさかったんや ちょっとケジメ付け これでケジメ付けろや これでな、わしの目の前でな、指つめ (eating – おいしいですね) If anyone want’s to do a [...]
