@colebrax@cardboardwolf@WrongReel Tony replying to a post I'd made of me appreciating that Seven Samurai poster in Tokyo was the start of our Twitter correspondence! I've been blown away by the past few days, seems like a lot of people had some great interactions with him. Rest in peace.
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#Anime via #ArtNetNews: Christie’s Launches First New York Auction Devoted to Anime and Manga.
"#AnimeStartsHere: Japanese Subculture Reimagines Tradition" sale features Miyazaki cels, Tezuka drawings, Godzilla posters, and Hokusai prints.
#アニメ#マンガ
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Via #JapanTimes:
Yoshitoshi Shinomiya emerges as anime’s new auteur with #ANewDawn at Berlin International Film Festival.
Only two #Anime had previously been up for top prize: Spirited Away in 2002 & Suzume in 2023.
#花緑青が明ける日に#四宮義俊#アニメ
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The Makioka Sisters (1983) Four Daughters of Formerly Wealthy Family Face Their Declining Status 3.5* Kon Ichikawa Dir, Based On Junichiro Tanizaki Novel #市川崑#谷崎潤一郎#細雪
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Just finished my first Taiga (Big River) Drama on #NHK! This year's historical series focused on Tsutaya Jūzaburō (1750–1797), an Edo-period publisher who helped shape the golden age of ukiyo-e & popular literature.
#TsutayaJuzaburo#べらぼう#江戸#大河ドラマ#浮世絵#蔦屋重三郎
#DFNYNews via #JapanTimes:
Oscar entry Kokuho, set in world of Kabuki, becomes the first movie in 22 years to break Japan’s box office record for a domestic live-action film, grossing more than ¥17.37 billion ($111 million).
#映画国宝#国宝#Kokuho#歌舞伎
https://t.co/1n1J3wBk1z
#DFNYNews via #Collider:
Godzilla Minus One Destroys New Milestone at the Global Box Office.
'Minus One' is already the biggest Japanese live-action movie in domestic box office history.
#Godzilla#GodzillaMinusOne#ゴジラ#ゴジラマイナスワン
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Picked up some cool #DFNYMerch at Tokyo's legendary Nakano Broadway - figurine of Tatsuya Nakadai in Akira Kurosawa's samurai action thriller, #Yojimbo (1961) (remade by Sergio Leone as A Fistful of Dollars (1964).
#TatsuyaNakadai#仲代達矢#用心棒#黒澤明
https://t.co/Q6QoCFQV5C
#Mishima via #NYTimes:
Why Japan Exiled Film About Famed Japanese Writer.
“Mishima,” which explores nationalism, sexuality & ritual suicide, was screened in Tokyo for first time since its 1985 release.
#PaulSchrader#三島由紀夫#MishimaALifeInFourChapters https://t.co/LnJXi5jgxu
#DFNYLocation via #RentalFamily:
Just found out my neighborhood, Kagurazaka, was one of the filming locations for Rental Family! Brendan Fraser stars as American actor living in Tokyo working for rental family service.
#レンタルファミリー#Kagurazaka#神楽坂#化け猫フェスティバル
Via The #JapanTimes: Entertainer Mari Natsuki Confronts Her Biggest Challenge In New Film "On My Way Home" ("Ikiru Machi")
#生きる街#夏木マリ#榊英雄#DFNYBio@izumimaria
https://t.co/Dcsh3Zkk8q
#YamadaGoro via #YahooNews:
Congratulations to #Youtube art teacher Yamada Goro on being awarded the 17th Itami Jūzō Award, honoring individuals who have achieved excellence in fields such as film, acting, writing & design.
#山田五郎#伊丹十三賞#伊丹十三
https://t.co/NUfNrOmqbr
Via #Kotaku: The Banned-In-Japan Film George Lucas And Francis Ford Coppola Produced - Paul Schrader’s 1985 Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters, Which Weaves Together The Life Of Controversial Author Yukio Mishima w/ Some Of His Most Famous Works
#三島由紀夫
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Spike Lee pays homage to "the Master Filmmaker" Akira Kurasawa in credits for Highest 2 Lowest, an adaptation of Kurosawa's High and Low (itself a loose adaptation of Ed McBain's 1959 novel King's Ransom).
#HighAndLow#天国と地獄#Highest2Lowest#黒澤明#SpikeLee#AkiraKurosawa
‘A symbol of liberation’: how the #ONEPIECE manga flag became the symbol of Asia’s gen Z protest movement.
Carried by a band of pirates that stand up to corrupt and repressive rulers, the meaning of the One Piece flag has resonated across Asia.
#ワンピース
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#Wikipedia On Life & Career Of Japanese Director Keisuke Kinoshita 12/5/1912 - 12/30/1998
Notable Films:
- Carmen Comes Home
#カルメン故郷に帰る (1952)
- Twenty-Four Eyes
#二十四の瞳 (1954)
- The Ballad of Narayama
#楢山節考 (1958)
#DFNYBio#木下惠介
https://t.co/abiV4yX69Y