Tag: japanese films

Women in the Eyes of Men – Ozu and Kore-eda

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|Nicole Rojas-Oltmanns| Japan seems to have a magnetic pull for educated Millennials. The USA, it seems, is the antithesis of the orderly, tidy, traditional, technologically advanced, and ritualistic culture of Japan in the minds of many. Whenever anyone begins recounting… Continue reading

A Youthquake for Yakuza: Coming of Age in Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

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Pulp-style Illustration of characters from the film, Izumi, Makoto, and Fatso, along with the title in Japanese, bold yellow font.

|Jake Rudegeair| “Coming of age” always struck me as a flat phrase for something so bumpy, so relentless. It doesn’t really illustrate that slow erosion of our bodies and souls as we’re worn down by the slings and arrows of experience, cruelly and carelessly reformed over and over… Continue reading