Tag: japan

May 10, 2019

In this lecture, Benjamin Boas, a Cool Japan Ambassador working with the government's Cabinet Office, takes a critical look at ... Read more

August 12, 2011

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Japan, 2006) Running Time: 98 Minutes Inspired by author Yasutaka Tsutsui's novel, this anime ... Read more

July 9, 2010

Departures (Japan, 2008) Running Time: 131 Minutes Freshly unemployed, young cellist Daigo (Masahiro Motoki) has an epiphany in which he ... Read more

July 17, 2009

Iikiru (Japan, 1952) Running Time: 143 Minutes When a stoic government official (Takashi Shimura, with a BAFTA nomination for Best ... Read more

March 13, 2009

https://youtu.be/6KLmuhC9a78 Japan's meteoric economic rise from the end of World War II through the 1980s and then its rapid descent ... Read more

July 18, 2008

Hula Girls (Japan, 2006) Running Time: 120 Minutes When a Japanese mining company announces the closure of a coal mine ... Read more