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Echoes of violence reverberate through a haunted hotel in Shunya Ito’s romantic ghost story.
入りませんか？ vs 入ります？ #learnjapanese
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Luminous Moss (ひかりごけ, Kei Kumai, 1992)
A writer finds himself exploring an ethical dilemma after being guided to a cave containing luminous moss in Kei Kumai’s surreal psychological drama.
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Gifts from the Kitchen (キッチンから花束を, Hisashi Kikuchi, 2024)
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Is 入りませんか？ "Don't You Want to Go"? #learnjapanese
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An alienated young man resentful of his forced relocation to the countryside bonds with an intense classmate in Yoichi Narita’s gentle coming of age drama
確か・確かに
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The Promised Land (楽園, Takahisa Zeze, 2019)
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In the newsletter this month I wrote about 角ハイ (kakuhai). This is a combination of 角瓶 (kakubin), Suntory’s flagship whiskey, and ハイボール (highball), a mixed drink made from…
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Paradise of Solitude (孤独な楽園, Ikki Katashima, 2024)
A blocked writer and a introverted young woman discover unexpected connection through accidental epistolary communication in Ikki Katashima’s poetic drama.
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Author & Artist: ぢゅん子 (Junko)Released March 2012 by Kaiohsha’s Gush ComicsGenre: Drama, Romance
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