Japan, After the War, Two Widows, Two Movies
In nineteen forty-seven, a year and a half after the end of WWII, Japanese film makers were still facing war-time shortages, …
Tag Archives: Japan
More Post-War Movies: Three from Japan
It is of continuing interest to me how people in all their cultural wrappings respond to portrayals of themselves as …
Japan’s WW II Cinema: Bucking Up the Home Front
Watching Japanese films from the 1940s and 50s is difficult for many. No big sword fights,no clothing shed in intimate love affairs. …
Clouds Above the Hill — Japan’s Good Wars
Shiba Ryōtarō is said to be one of Japan’s favorite authors. Prolific in multiple genres, he’s credited with over 500 …
August 9, 68 Years Later
More at BBC and The Guardian
The Human Condition: What Is A Man to Do? Japan in Defeat
Masaki Kobayashi’s war time epic, The Human Condition, at 9 hours and 45 minutes, in black and white, with subtitles …
Hula Girls: Coal Miners’ Daughters in Japan — a Movie
Around our house there are two streams of movie selections: dark, meaningful films, preferably by “auteurs,” about people overcoming terrible …
Teddy Roosevelt: More on His Racial Theories
I’ve been amazed in reading James Bradley’s Imperial Cruise to discover how pervasive racial theories dominated political thought and action …
Gobal Surface Temperature Keeps Rising: Japan Meteorlogical Agency
21 December 2010 Japan Meteorological Agency Global Temperature in 2010 Most Likely Second Warmest (preliminary) The annual anomaly of the …
Hiroshima Joe – A Novel
Seeing the smoking wasteland of Hiroshima, particularly the blasted home and shredded family of a friend immediately after the Bomb …
Record Sea Temperatures in Japan: Fish Flee
From the indispensable EarthWeek Sea temperatures around Japan during August reached the warmest levels ever recorded since reliable measurements began …
Japan: War Games
Despite its “pacifist” consitution, which the current government wants to swap for a new belligerant model, the Japanese have quite …