Tony Takitani, a 2004 Japanese film.
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Posted November 5, 2012 at 7:42am in Tony Takitani japanese movie japan movie haruki murakami Jun Ichikawa short story 2004 Ryuichi Sakamoto film
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I’ve seen Tony Takitani. (Thanks, Mubi!) This is freaky. I loved that film, also! I had no clue when I somehow discovered Maruki Murakami that these two were related! I need to do more investigating. Perhaps there is more to this. I need to research the director, writer, and producers of the film. I love when things like this happen.
The more you know.
Posted November 5, 2012 at 6:57am in Tony Takitani japanese movie short story maruki murakami japan mubi the more you know film
…But what disgusts me even more are people who have no imagination. The kind T.S. Eliot calls hollow men. People who fill up that lack of imagination with heartless bits of straw, not even aware of what they’re doing. Callous people who throw a lot of empty words at you, trying to force you to do what you don’t want to… When I am with them I just can’t bear it, and wind up saying things I shouldn’t… Narrow minds devoid of imagination. Intolerance theories cut off from reality, empty terminology, usurped ideals, inflexible systems. Those are the things that really frighten me. What I absolutely fear and loathe. Of course it’s important to know what’s right and what’s wrong. Individual errors in judgement can really be corrected. As long as you have the courage to admit mistakes, things can be turned around. But intolerant, narrow minds with no imagination are like parasites that transform the host, change form, and continue to thrive. They’re a lost cause, and I don’t want anyone like that coming in here.
— Kafka on the Shore
Posted March 27, 2012 at 10:43pm in kafka on the shore haruki murakami novel Japanese japan stupid people T.S. Eliot quote
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Posted September 17, 2011 at 3:20pm in japan japanese japanesefood food nikujaga typical common daily dish meal vegetables meat stew winter cooking homemade nimono
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Women Warriors of Japan:
The stories of women warriors defending their homes and their families became means to define a woman’s role in society. They trained with the naginata less to prepare for combat than to instill them with the idealized virtues necessary to be a samurai wife. A women’s work was unremitting service to the males of the household and tireless effort to teach proper behavior to her children, who were legally considered to be her husband’s alone. However, unlike the upper-class women of Victorian England, who were expected to be subservient and frail, the bushi women were expected to be subservient and strong. Their duty was to endure.
Posted September 11, 2011 at 11:08pm in Warrior Women Japan Onna Bushi Bushido Samurai Asia Women Women's history Far East Asia
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The assassination of Inejiro Asanuma:
While giving a speech in front of live television cameras, Japanese politician Inejiro Asanuma was attacked by a seventeen year old student and fatally stabbed to death.
The student was a far rightist at odds with Asanuma’s Socialist views.
This photo was taken immediately after the sword had been pulled out of Asanuma during the stabbing.
Posted September 11, 2011 at 5:08pm in japan assassination history black and white vintage politics
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I’ve liked OB ever since I first saw her on Tokyo Fashion Express on NHK World. I really hope that Murakami gets her to release a print through Kaikai Kiki.
