Tagged: yam recommends

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City of Life and Death

Nanjing! Nanjing! – in its original name – shows the dramatization of the Massacre of Nanjing and other events in 1937 during the Second Sino-Japanese War, in which the Imperial Japanese Army had just captured the then capital of the Republic of China.

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Outsider – The Outsider

Speed is his forte and this mini-album is as fast as his lips. Outsider comes back after a long hiatus and he puts some well deserved light on the Korean rap scene.

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Welcome to the N.H.K.

Based on the novel and the manga series of the same name, Welcome to the N.H.K. tells the story of a Hikikomori called Satou Tatsuhiro, who’s lived like a Hikikomori for almost four years, until a girl named Misaki decides to take him on as a project to make him better… as well as help herself.

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Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Burton’s version of Alice in Wonderland tells the story of 19-year-old Alice visiting Wonderland for the second time to liberate its people from the evil Red Queen.

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Jongkook Kim – Eleventh Story

One of Korea’s “ballad kings” comes back to the music stage with an album that is filled with just that. Well, it’s not just ballads, there is also something else for his fans in the album, but it is definitely not dance music.

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Sa Dingding – Harmony

If there’s interesting talent coming out of contemporary Chinese art, Sa Dingding leads the pack. Her sophomore album contains pieces dealing with self-discovery, mantras and sutras with classical Chinese instruments and electronic beats.