Okuribito, a Japanese movie
The movie ‘Departure’ with its original name ‘Okuribito’ is probably not known to many, which wouldn’t be due to the lack of quality. It simply hasn’t been advertised much, as it has won an Oscar for...
View ArticleMy darling is a foreigner
A Japanese movie based on the manga Darling wa Gaikokujin (by now, we should be able to understand this sentence, right?). The movie tells a story about the relationship between a Japanese girl who...
View ArticleIkiru, Akira kurosawa
Ikiru is one of the greatest movies of the Japanese actor, Akira Kurosawa. This movie shows us the life “or non-existing life” of a Japanese man as he finds out that he has cancer with only little time...
View ArticleHow to date an Otaku girl
This Japanese movie shows the world of a Japanese girl who loves manga, or better said… a very special kind of manga. We must explain a little more to understand the movie better and why the Otaku’s...
View ArticleAkira Kurosawa
We can’t talk about cine in Japan without mentioning Akira Kurosawa.Then I would be better off deleting this post and not saying anything. Akira Kurosawa is one of the great directors brought by Japan....
View ArticleA novel on toilet paper
Koji Suzuki is a Japanese writer who might not sound familiar at first, but this author wrote the novel “The Ring” and has been one of the most successful books in Japan. It impacted the entire world...
View Article2LDK: Japanese movie
Do you remember the housing advertisements in Japan? A while ago, I explained how houses or flats are rented in Japan and the way they specify the type and characteristics of the house, rooms, etc. The...
View ArticleKokuhaku or Confessions: a Japanese movie
Browsing on the supein-nihon forum, I found a post about bullying in Japan. They recommended a series of videos that could help understand bullying in Japanese schools. I found this an interesting...
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