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Sunday, January 10, 2010

Book Review: Edo no Fuuzoku Mangekyou

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江戸のフーゾク万華鏡 (Edo no Fuuzoku Mangekyou / Edo's Commercial Sex Kaleidoscope) 著：　永井義男 (by Nagai Yoshio) Over the New Year holiday I had a ch...
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Sunday, January 03, 2010

Samurai Archives 10th Anniversary Interview

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To commemorate the 10 year anniversary of the establishment of the Samurai Archives, we thought it would be a great idea to do an interview ...
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Saturday, January 02, 2010

Demon In A Fedora: Animeigo's 'Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather'

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Whether in the west or the east, the world of organized crime has always been a favored subject for filmmakers. Whether it’s ‘Dillinger’, ‘S...
Friday, December 18, 2009

‘Superior Title, Inferior Book’-Kenneth Swope’s “A Dragon’s Head and a Serpent’s Tail”

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Kenneth Swope’s new book on the Bunroku/Keicho No Eki (the Japanese invasions of Korea in 1592 and 1597) carries the title of another Japane...
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Monday, December 07, 2009

It's Tough Being A Man-Animeigo's Tora-san DVD Set

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While there have been some long-lived film franchises in the West (most notably James Bond, Friday the 13th, and various other horror films)...
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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Selling Sekigahara: The Legacy Of The Taiga Drama

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One of the more popular manifestations of pop culture history in Japan is the yearly Taiga Drama produced by national public TV station NHK....