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tv features

May 22, 2012

The Banana Guide to Asian Entertainment: It’s All About Japan: Part II

The part in which we explore the Japanese drama format.

features

May 15, 2012

The Banana Guide to Asian Entertainment: It’s All About Japan: Part I

The part in which we talk about that one Jdrama, that one movie and that one actress.

tv reviews

February 16, 2012

Shokuzai

Adako-san has just lost her daughter Emiri, yet she is unable to catch the man who raped and killed her because Emiri’s friends are unable to recall any detail to identify him. Fifteen years later, Emiri’s friends are young women who are still waiting to pay their debt.

film reviews

September 6, 2010

Bandage

Bandage is directed by Takeshi Kobayashi… who produces great music. Alas, Bandage is not that great of a story or have great characters, but it’s got pretty good music.

yam pdf

April 10, 2009

YAM – Issue 003

This new issue has reviews on the Tokyo! Michel Gondry-related project, as well as Maria Larsson’s Everlasting Moments, Watchmen, and a lot of music… including an article on why international artists need to record music in English~

film reviews

February 14, 2009

Tokyo! (2008)

Generally speaking, the trilogy of stories that is the movie Tokyo! could have been much shorter and would have been more successful as 10 or 15-minute shorts rather than a single movie.