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Basic Japanese Sentence Structure No. 7 ～ないで

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That Japanese Man Yuta

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Aisarete mo Iindayo, Volume 1 ( 愛されてもいいんだよ)

In Amano Shuninta’s Aisarete mo Iindayo, Volume 1 ( 愛されてもいいんだよ) we meet Kimura Rin, an office worker who is being sexually harassed by a superior at work. She has…

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Inch Forward (走れない人の走り方, Su Yu-Chun, 2023)

An indie filmmaker experiences various setbacks while trying to complete her latest film in Su Yu-Chun’s cheerful dramedy.

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Remain In Twilight (くれなずめ, Daigo Matsui, 2021) [Fantasia 2021]

A group of high school friends is forced to confront unresolved grief while rehearing for a wedding in Daigo Matsui’s moving metaphysical drama

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Hoyaman (さよならほやマン, Teruaki Shoji, 2023)

The tranquil island life of a pair of brothers is interrupted by the arrival of a mysterious woman in Teruaki Shoji’s quirky comedy.

Feb 17, 2024 • Subscribe

Push Pause (ココでのはなし, Ryoma Kosasa, 2023)

A small hotel becomes a refuge for those “struggling with the everyday” in Ryoma Kosasa’s heartwarming drama

Mar 25, 2024 • Subscribe

「全部磯チルドレンでいいんじゃないかと思っています」- 沓名健一インタビュー

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Full Frontal

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Tokyo Drifter (東京流れ者, Seijun Suzuki, 1966)

A recently released yakuza attempts to join the new society by going straight but finds his efforts frustrated by upstart gangsters in Seijun Suzuki’s postmodern noir.

Feb 1, 2023 • Subscribe

Velvet Hustler (紅の流れ星, Toshio Masuda, 1967)

A gangster laying low realises there is no escape from his sense of ennui in Toshio Masuda’s post-modern re-imagining of his earlier Red Pier

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, Kurenai

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How to Japanese Podcast – S02E12 – かもしれない and 食中毒

かもしれない (kamoshirenai, may/might) has subtle nuances, and it can be easy to overuse. I talk about a time when I did, and how many years later that mistake…

How to Japanese

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River (2023) [Film Review]

River; or, The Edge of Afternoon What will you wish for? The year 2023 is coming to an end soon, but I managed to find some time…

Watching Asia Film Reviews

Dec 16, 2023 • Subscribe

Why You Can’t Be Prime Minister (なぜ君は総理大臣になれないのか, Arata Oshima, 2020)

Arata Oshima follows idealistic politician Junya Ogawa over 17 years in order to explore why his goal of becoming prime minister remains forever elusive

Aug 30, 2021 • Subscribe

you na ような - Meaning in Japanese

What you na ような means in Japanese. Grammar and examples.

Japanese with Anime

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Dekisokonai Hime-tachi, Volume 4 (できそこないの姫君たち)

Fujishiro Nanaki, having been ostracized by her group of fashionable and popular girls, has found acceptance with the “nerd” group, Kurokawa’s friends Izumi and Iroha. Together th…

May 20, 2021 • Subscribe

Great Absence (大いなる不在, Kei Chikaura, 2023)

A forced reconnection with his estranged father forces a young man to contemplate the great absences of life in Kei Chikaura’s poetic drama.

Jun 18, 2024 • Subscribe

Mirai

Episode #89 (S11E9) – Tokyo Drifter [東京流れ者] (1966)

Director Seijun Suzuki is a really unique figure in the world of Japanese cinema, with a style all his own. In this episode, Japanese film scholar Jennifer Upton…

Japan On Film

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Dear Etranger / 幼な子われらに生まれ

It’s no secret that divorce is messy and complicated, particularly when children are involved. From the child’s perspective, it may be the moment that you realize your parents…

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May 17, 2020 • Subscribe

Your Japanese is Good if You Understand This No.4 なら　たら　と　ば　んだったら　であれば　であるなら

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That Japanese Man Yuta

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Best Wishes to All (みなに幸あれ, Yuta Shimotsu, 2023)

A visit to her grandparents’ home forces a young woman to reckon with with the price of “happiness” in Yuta Shimotsu’s eerie indie horror.

Jul 25, 2023 • Subscribe

Dekisokonai no Hime-tachi, Volume 3 (できそこないの姫君たち)

In Volume 1, otaku and class loner Kurokawa Kaede is thrown together with school princess, Fujishiro Nanaki. In time-honored fashion, Fujishiro gives a radical makeover to the girl…

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Review: Full River Red (2023)

Full River Red 满江红 China, 2023, colour, 2.35:1, 156 mins. Director: Zhang Yimou 张艺谋. Rating: 6/10. A top cast, led by comedian Shen Teng, initially makes this costume…

Sino-Cinema 《神州电影》

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Kizumonogatari -Koyomi Vamp- (傷物語 -こよみヴァンプ-, Tatsuya Oishi, 2023) [Fantasia 2024]

A young man walks into an empty subway station already ominously strewn with blood and finds there the corpse of a woman shorn of her limbs. The corpse…

Aug 13, 2024 • Subscribe

Our recommendations: Fantasia 2023

Any cinephile should watch these 5 Japanese movies at the Fantasia Film Festival.

psycho-cinematography

Jul 12, 2023 • Subscribe

いろいろ December 2023

I ran out of space over at the newsletter this month, so I thought I’d share the いろいろ section on the blog instead. Podcast link at the bottom!…

How to Japanese

Dec 21, 2023 • Subscribe

Manga Kodomo Bunko (まんがこども文庫) OP - I Am Reading (よんでいる)

Sung by (歌): Mitsuko Horie (堀江美都子) Lyrics (作詞): Eriko Kishida (岸田衿子) Composition and Arrangement (作曲・編曲): Seiichirō Uno (宇野誠一郎) Very special thanks to PopKorn Kat for transferring and scanning this record!

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Jun 24, 2023 • Subscribe

Manga Kodomo Bunko

Long Goodbye (さようなら, Yuuji Nomura, 2022)

A collection of dejected factory workers plot escape from small-town ennui by robbing their tax evading boss in Yuuji Nomura’s adaptation of his stage play.

Mar 5, 2023 • Subscribe

Sayonara Rose Garden, Volume 3 (さよならローズガーデン)

Goodbye, My Rose Garden, Volume 1 by Dr. Pepperco is is out now in English from Seven Seas and in honor of this series coming out in English,…

May 13, 2020 • Subscribe

Review: Only the River Flows (2023)

Only the River Flows 河边的错误 China, 2023, colour, 1.85:1, 101 mins. Director: Wei Shujun 魏书钧. Rating: 5/10. Darkly-shot psychodrama-cum-whodunit is a brave stab at a China Noir but…

Sino-Cinema 《神州电影》

Jan 7, 2024 • Subscribe

Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi, Volume 2 (私を喰べたい、ひとでなし)

Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi, Volume 2 (私を喰べたい、ひとでなし) is a freakin’ brillant volume of a manga and I really hope someone (cough/Yen Press/cough) licenses it so you…

Nov 25, 2021 • Subscribe

Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi, Volume 7 (私を喰べたい、ひとでなし)

In a moment of extraordinary timing, Yen Press has just announced that they have licensed this series as This Monster Wants To Eat Me, with Volume 1 headed…

Jan 5, 2024 • Subscribe

Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi, Volume 3 (私を喰べたい、ひとでなし)

At the end of Volume 2 of Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi, (私を喰べたい、ひとでなし) by Naekawa Sai, Hinako was forced to confront her best friend Miko’s secret –…

Jan 10, 2022 • Subscribe

Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi, Volume 6 (私を喰べたい、ひとでなし)

Shiori confides to Miko how she met Hinako…and how it has ruined Hinako’s life. At last, the pieces of the puzzle that is Hinako begin to fall into…

Jun 1, 2023 • Subscribe

Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi, Volume 4 (私を喰べたい、ひとでなし)

Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi, Volume 4 (私を喰べたい、ひとでなし) was one of the skin-crawlingest creepy manga I have ever read. If you like youkai and supernatural creature-type creepies,…

Oct 13, 2022 • Subscribe

Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi, Volume 1 (私を喰べたい、ひとでなし)

Hinako’s family died in a tragic accident. Most of what she remembers is falling into the deep, deep ocean. So when, one day, she stops to look at…

Sep 21, 2021 • Subscribe

Yuri Manga: Dekisokonai no Hime-tachi, Volume 2 (できそこないの姫君たち)

Last spring I took a look at a pleasant “opposites attract” school life Yuri romance by Ajiichi. In Volume 1, we met otaku Kurokawa Kaede and fashionable Fujishiro…

Jan 20, 2020 • Subscribe

Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi, Volume 8 ( 私を喰べたい、ひとでなし)

There is no way to review this volume without a few spoilers, so if you would like to skip them, please jump down to after the asterisks. Kitsune,…

Sep 23, 2024 • Subscribe

Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi, Volume 5 (私を喰べたい、ひとでなし)

You know, it sounds kinda cool to have a bunch of youkai fighting over you for your delicious blood but, as Hinako has found out, it’s not, really.…

Dec 13, 2022 • Subscribe

Mad Cats (Reiki Tsuno, 2023) [Fantasia 2023]

The captive felines of Japan are mad as hell and they aren’t going to take it anymore in Reiki Tsuno’s absurd action comedy.

Aug 5, 2023 • Subscribe

Evil Does Not Exist (悪は存在しない, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2023)

A glamping invasion threatens the equilibrium of a small rural town in Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s haunting drama.

Apr 3, 2024 • Subscribe

you ni naru ようになる - Meaning in Japanese

What you ni naru ようになる means in Japanese. Examples. Grammar.

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Dec 7, 2022 • Subscribe

Chainsaw Man, Gintama, Mieruko-chan

Devils (악마들, Kim Jae-hoon, 2023) [Fantasia 2023]

A detective consumed by thoughts of vengeance suddenly wakes up in the body of the serial killer he’s hunting in Kim Jae-hoon’s twisty thriller.

Jul 31, 2023 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia, Mirai

Shin Kamer Rider (2023) review [Fantasia Fest 2023]

Anno delivers an action-hero experience that is both incredibly fun and emotionally touching.

psycho-cinematography

Jul 26, 2023 • Subscribe

Mathematical Goodbye / 笑わない数学者

Mathematical Goodbye is a strange book. It’s different from the previous books in the S&M series (standing for the protagonists’ names, Sa...

Bad Player's Good Reviews

Dec 31, 2022 • Subscribe

Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (ドロステのはてで僕ら, Junta Yamaguchi, 2020)

A diffident cafe owner faces an existential dilemma when trapped in a time loop with himself from two minutes previously in Yamaguchi’s meticulously plotted farce

Jun 2, 2021 • Subscribe

Inch Forward 走れない人の走り方 (2024) Director: Su Yu-chun [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

Genkinahito

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Yuri Manga: Sayonara Rose Garden, Volume 2 (さよならローズガーデン)

Volume 1 introduced us to Hanako, a Japanese woman who has traveled to England from far-off Japan to meet her favorite author, during Victoria’s reign. To support herself,…