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回転扉 (Kaiten Tobira) by Yurie Kokubu / 国分友里恵

Album: Relief 72 Hours Year: 1983 Label: RCA (Air Records sublabel) Lyrics: Kazuko Kobayashi / 小林和子 Music: Ken Sato / 佐藤健

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London Calling (ロンドンコーリング) (1985) Shunichi Nagasaki

June 21st 2023

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Shinzo (2000) 爆裂战士マシュランボー

Director: Tetsuo Imasa / Kenji Nakamura / Haruo Kosaka / Toshiaki Komura / Miyo Sasaki / Mitsuo Hashimoto / Tomoharu Arata Edited by: Izumi Higashido / Makoto Kanjima / Kenichi Kaneka / Hiroyuki Kawasaki / Yukito Nonaka / Kenichi Yamada / Yōmichi Shirai Starring: Minami Takayama / Yuko Minakuchi / Yasuhiko Kawazu / Naosuke Tatsuta / Atsushi Kashiwagi / Kyoko Yamada / Ai Maeda / Tsuyoshi Hisakawa / Atsushi Kashiichi / Tomoe Sato / Junko Shimakata / Michitaka Kobayashi / Hideyuki Hori / Kenji Utsumi / Takashi Nakao / Mami Koyama / Toshio Furukawa / Keiko Han / Hiroo Egawa / Takeshi Aono / Banjo Ginga / Takashi Koda / Koji Fukusaku / Kazuko Sugiyama / Takumi Yamazaki / Horinoku / Nobutake Tatsuya / Tomohisa Aso / Norio Tsukui / Ienaka Hiroshi / Chie Seguchi / Hitoshi Domon / Akira Tahara / Kazuya Ichijo / Masaya Takatsuki / Masaharu Sato / Mitsuo Iwata / Keiko Yamamoto / Kunihiko Yasui / Hikaru Midorikawa / Mami Kanazuki / Hisaya Suganuma / Chigusa Ikeda / Hiromi Konno / Daisuke Nari / Yuko Nagashima / Nobuo Satouchi / Daifumi Tanaka / Naosuki Imamura / Takayuki Inoue / Akiki Chatan / Munehiro Ehoku / Rie Aoki / Yo Murakami / Tsuyoshi Nishi / Tsuyoshi Toshita / Higashi Genre: Animation Official website: www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/mashura/ Country/Region of Production: Japan Language: Japanese Date: 2000-02-05 (Japan) Number of epsiode: 32 Also known as: Mushrambo IMDb: tt0293741 Type: Reimanging

Summary:

In the distant past, the Guardian of the Milky Way galaxy named Lanancuras began to harbor a desire for more power. Because of his connection to the galaxy, he was able to absorb parts of planets and add them to his strength. As a result, he began invading the worlds he was assigned to protect. In the wake of his destruction, a following of creatures from across the galaxy pledged allegiance to Lanancuras and became known as the Kadrians. Taking notice of his ever-growing power and followers, the other Celestial Guardians confronted him; however, he had become too powerful, and they were defeated. Unable to subdue Lanancuras, the Celestial Guardians each gave up a part of their power and combined it into a single new Guardian, Mushra. In a final desperate attempt, they used Mushra's core by transforming it into a powerful card with which to seal Lanancuras in a prison. The prison was created from the remains of planets that had suffered under Lanancuras' tyranny. Because planets are themselves large beings, their combined strength (along with the power of the card) was able to restrain him. Thus Lanancuras was successfully sealed in a large meteorite.

The meteorite was sent off into the galaxy to be sealed forever. Meanwhile, the way Lanancuras had increased his strength had consequences on the planets of the Milky Way On Earth, around the 22nd century, it was in the shape of a virus that merged with human DNA and destroyed the humans that way. In order to eliminate the virus, scientists worked on combining human DNA with the DNA of animals and other creatures immune to the effects. They succeeded and created a sentient race known as Enterrans (a race of engineered Earthlings) which are based on humans, insects, reptiles, birds, sea creatures, wild beasts, and phantom beasts. Eventually, a cure was found and the human race survived.

However, due to Lanancuras' influence, the Enterrans fought their human creators as well as the robots that worked with the humans, driving the human race to a near extinction state. Luckily, a scientist named Dr. Daigo Tatsuro placed his 4-year-old daughter Yakumo in a sleep chamber in hopes that she would save the human race and find the human sanctuary Shinzo and bring peace back to Earth which was then renamed to Enterra. When the meteor that Lanancuras was imprisoned in struck Earth during the earlier parts of the Human-Enterran War, its fragment had struck an infant Yakumo giving her abilities that she would later discover.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinzo

Link: https://kissanime.com.ru/Anime/Shinzo-Sub/

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And this, fellas, is why you should always be nice and (somewhat lol) respectful to your wife/gf/random friends you make. I guarantee if Tozawa had treated Misaki and Kazuko with kindness and respect, both would have done all they could to protect him.

Because Sato had integrity and loyalty (I mean, as much as a criminal can have lmao) a whole bunch of people trusted and looked to him again and again, including: Ishida Oyabun, Samantha, Katagiri, Jake, those Yakuza at the bathhouse when he disposed of Hayama, that one guy whose life he spared and all those Yakuza at the restaurant in the last episode.

Even his mom dared to ask him to please save his little brother, after the way she would constantly speak to him and be dismissive of him she shouldn't have expected anything but she knew the kind of person Sato was.

I looks forward to seeing what kind of leader (did he become Oyabun or just an interim Oyabun until they pick an actual one? either way) he will be in season 3

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Hiii Pen, dear. I just saw your thoughts on Tokyo Vice and omg yess, it's sooo goood, Hayama was a real piece of shit and the way Sato handled him was stellar, from his restraint to his patience to do it in the right moment, and the fact that he bowed to the Chihara-kai insignia instead of Hayama, mad respect and it showed how deserving he was to become their leader at the end. As for Tozawa, you're right, another piece of shit, but he was a piece of shit with a VISION and very smart, which made him such a incredible villain, but he really sucked with the way he handled his inner circle, specially his wife, and this was his biggest mistake because if he treated the women in his life and other people better, they would have all rallied for him like Samantha and Gen did for Sato and he would have lived, and his wife ended up being one who ultimately gave his death sentence. Yeah, the Yakuza it's still pretty much alive and kicking, maybe not operating in the same way as before, but they're still the main driving force of the Japanese underworld, and there's also so many other criminal cases that happened the writers could explore, I hope we have a s3 🥺

Hi Nonnie!!

So, so sorry it took awhile for me to reply, but I was so ecstatic reading your ask! I've been dying to talk abt Tokyo Vice s2 bc goddamn it deserves its laurels for being a phenomenal show.

(spoilers under the tag)

I wasn't expecting Sato's arc to head the way it did, but I agree and the writing for him was great! I also love how we start in the first ep of s1 with him watching the yakuza ceremony as a member of Chihara-kai to the last ep of s2 in another ceremony being appointed as the next Oyabun. Felt like a milestone. Also special shoutout to my boy Gen. I hated him like Hayama in s1 but his character development? His loyalty?? Also he left the gang for Sato??? Omg ik he's just a side character, but I love how he's always been there for Sato this season 🥹.

RIGHT?? I really liked Tozawa as a villain! Istg his whole scheme was frankly both genius and terrifying. Imagine the yakuza going corporate and controlling the country's resources and economy, and by the extension the government. He'd been so formidable and elusive. His ambition matched his corrupted morality that it was fitting that he had caused his downfall in a way. Really should've not made an enemy of his wife, like she was even willing to set aside all their bad blood at some point but he had to fuck it up hdkdkd. Also love that for his wife too! Kazuko always came across to me as someone who had this dignified, subtle power to her and I'm a sucker for coldly reserved and intelligent female characters so I was glad she had a bigger role this season!

I'll put a disclaimer abt what I know from articles like the ones from Unseen Japan and Japan Times, but yeah, I'm glad you agree with me about that part! Although recent, it would be interesting for there to be an exploration of the hangure and tokuryu coming to be as a result of the weakening yakuza, post-disenfranchisement from the law. I believe Jake Adelstein has a book sequel for Tokyo Vice, Tokyo Noir, that explores some of those aspects. While a season 3 would be cool, I personally think season 2 is a fantastic final end to the series :')

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Lobby card for The Oiwa Phantom (Yotsuya Kaidan Oiwa No Borei, 四谷怪談 お岩の亡霊), 1969, directed by Kazuo Mori (森一生) and starring Kei Sato (佐藤慶) and Kazuko Inano (稲野和子).

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[TRIVIA] A Compilation of Sato Ryuji in 2D

Over the years, Sato Ryuji has been drawn quite a few times in 2D. Here is a compilation of the many versions of 2D Sato Ryuji.

Please find the compilation below the cut.

"DOLMEN X" (2015, 2016, 2017)

"DOLMEN X" is a manga that centers around the story of four aliens who seek to invade earth through idol activities.

The main character of the manga is loosely inspired by Ryuji, and Ryuji was also featured in several volumes of the manga as himself. 

The images were taken from: HERE and HERE

"2.5 JIGEN DANSHI" (2015)

The mangaka of "DOLMEN X", Takagi Yuna, also sent an illustration of Ryuji which she drew to "2.5 Jigen Danshi" because Ryuji was featured in the magazine.

To purchase the magazine, please refer to this link: HERE

"OCHANOMIZU ROCK" THE MANGA (2018)

"Ochanomizu Rock" is a TV drama that tells the story of Katayama Hajime, who aspires to perform at the Budokan with his band, DYDARABOTCH. What he doesn't expect is to cross paths with his older brother, Katayama Ryo, who he has been estranged from since the death of their mother. Even while working towards his dream, Hajime still yearns for the acknowledgement of his brother.

In the TV drama, Katayama Hajime is played by Sato Ryuji, and a manga based on the TV drama was published.

To watch "Ochanomizu Rock" the TV drama (with English subs), please refer to this link: HERE

To purchase the Blu-ray/DVD for "Ochanomizu Rock" the TV drama, please refer to this link: HERE

To purchase the manga for "Ochanomizu Rock", please refer to this links below. 

Volume 01: HERE

Volume 02: HERE

"TOP RUNNERS of 2.5D" (2018)

"Top Runners of 2.5D" is a published collection of interviews (with photos) featuring Ryuji and other key figures in the 2.5D industry including:

Matsuda Makoto, President and CEO of Nelke Planning Co. Ltd. and Chairman of Japan 2.5D Musical Association

Kayano Isamu, the director for stages/musicals like the "Tokyo Ghoul" Stage and the "Musical Touken Ranbu"

Wada Shunsuke, the composer for stages/musicals like the "Hyper Projection Engeki Haikyuu!!", the "Musical Kuroshitsuji" and the "Live Spectacle NARUTO"

Also included in the book was a "Teiichi no Kuni" manga where Ryuji was drawn both as himself and as his character Kuga Shinji, who he plays in 'Gakuran Kageki "Teiichi no Kuni"'.

To purchase the book, please refer to this link: HERE

"MOUSOU! WAGAMANGA" (2019)

"Mousou! Wagamanga" is a variety programme where professional mangaka and professional seiyuu/voice actors collaborate in a tag team to bring a celebrity’s romantic fantasies to life.

Ryuji, as himself, was voiced by Masuda Toshiki, and for his story, the insert songs he chose were:

"Kamen no Kokuhaku" by The Brow Beat

"Kimi no Uta" from the "Musical Touken Ranbu"

To watch the show, please refer to this link: HERE

THE BROW BEAT X "VISUAL ROCK FES" COLLABORATION (2021)

Ryuji's band, The Brow Beat, had a collaboration the "VISUAL SHOCK Fes" where special goods were produced for their pop-up shop. Amongst the goods produced were a sticker and an acrylic keyholder with Ryuji and HAKUEI.

The image was taken from: HERE

"PRINCE OF LEGEND LOVE ROYALE" (2021)

In 2019, Ryuji was cast in the TV drama "Kizoku Tanjou -PRINCE OF LEGEND-" where he played Seiya, the Number 3 host in Club TEXAS, the top club in Night Ring, who converses in a mix of Japanese and English.

In 2021, Seiya was added to, "PRINCE OF LEGEND LOVE ROYALE",   the game that is based on the TV drama. 

To watch "Kizoku Tanjou -PRINCE OF LEGEND-", please refer to this link: HERE

To play "PRINCE OF LEGEND LOVE ROYALE", please refer to this link: HERE

COVER OF THE BROW BEAT SINGLE "HAREVUTAI" (2021)

For their major debut single, The Brow Beat released "HAREVUTAI", which is also the opening theme for "Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS". As the design for one of their single covers, Tadano Kazuko and Matsushita Hiromi, the illustrators/animators who designed the characters for the series drew Ryuji and HAKUEI in the style of the characters.

To purchase the single, please refer to this link: HERE

"SATO RYUJI X KUMITA" VILLAGE VANGUARD GOODS COLLABORATION (2021)

Ryuji has just released a collection of goods in collaboration with Kumita. Kumita is also known as the artist who created the character design for Kashuu Kiyomitsu from "Touken Ranbu", which is the character Ryuji plays in the 2.5D adaptation, the "Musical Touken Ranbu".

For this collaboration, Kumita has drawn Ryuji as himself along with his two pet cats, Punio and Mochio. 

To purchase the goods from the collaboration, please refer to this link: HERE

BONUS: SATO RYUJI AS KASHUU KIYOMITSU 

Toboso Yana, the mangaka of "Kuroshitsuji", attended the "Musical Touken Ranbu ~Trial Performance~" where Sato Ryuji played Kashuu Kiyomitsu. After watching the performance, she drew a portrait of Ryuji’s Kashuu Kiyomitsu.

She posted the portrait on her Twitter and her blog.

Her Tweet with the portrait can be found: HERE

A translation of her blog entry with the portrait (and also her impression of Ryuji as Kashuu Kiyomitsu) can be found: HERE

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Porter Robinson & Madeon - Shelter (Official Video) (Short Film with A-1 Pictures & Crunchyroll) from Porter Robinson on Vimeo.

Shelter tells the story of Rin, a 17-year-old girl who lives her life inside of a futuristic simulation completely by herself in infinite, beautiful loneliness. Each day, Rin awakens in virtual reality and uses a tablet which controls the simulation to create a new, different, beautiful world for herself. Until one day, everything changes, and Rin comes to learn the true origins behind her life inside a simulation.

Original Story by: Porter Robinson

Music: Porter Robinson and Madeon

Storyboard Animation Director: Toshihumi Akai

Character Design Drawing Director: Megumi Kouno

Cast: Rin - Sachika Misawa

Original Pictures: Megumi Kouno

Motion Picture Examiner: Tomoko Miyata

Motion Pictures: Tomoko Miyata Mizuki Matsuda

A-1 Pictures Satomi Tabuchi Mika Sugiyama Seira Yamagishi Kanna Hirayama

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Color Design: Kazuko Nakashima

Color Setting: Yuko Watanabe Mai Yamaguchi

Finishing by: Asuka Yokota Mayu Morita Ayaka Nagai Kyoko Hara Ayaka Murakami Akane Edagawa Ayaka Suzuki Mana Hokuto

2D Design Work: CAPSULE Yohei Miyahara Kaori Seki

Special Effect: Aya Kubota (Graphinica)

Art Director: Yusuke Takeda (Bamboo)

Art Board: Bamboo Harumi Okamoto

Background: Bamboo Takamasa Masuki Tsukasa Kakizakai Izumi Hirabayashi Surok Chong Ryusei Nishino Takumi Sasaki Aya Sato Michiko Nakamura

CGI Creator: Yuusuke Noma You Fukuda Shigeru Horiguchi

Director of Photography: Yuya Sakuma

Shooting: Takeru Ogihara Ayaka Shimizu Satsuki Takahashi Taichi Nishikawa Sachiko Ito

Editing: Akinori Mishima (Graphinica)

Sound Recording Director: Akiko Fujita

Sound Effects: Takahisa Ishino Sound Mixer: Naotsugu Uchida Sound Editor: Chiharu Kawasaki

Sound Production Manager: Yusuke Watanabe Sound Recording Production: HALF H.P STUDIO

Production Manager: Kenta Ueuchi Eri Nakayama

Special Thanks: Kumiko Honma

Executive Producer: Porter Robinson

Producer: Vincent Shortino (Crunchyroll) Takuma Sugi (Crunchyroll) Masanori Miyake Akira Shimizu Takamitsu Inoue

Animation Producer: Yuichi Fukushima

Animation Production: A-1 Pictures

Lyrics :

i could never find the right way to tell you have you noticed i've been gone? cause i left behind the home that you made me but i will carry it along

mm it's a long way forward so trust in me i'll give them shelter like you've done for me and i know i'm not alone you'll be watching over us until you're gone

when i'm older i'll be silent beside you I know that words are not enough and they won't need to know our names or our faces but they will carry on for us

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Hugtto Precure: Final Thoughts

Leave me here while I continue to bawl at the movie. SO MANY BABIES!!!!!

Kawamura is back at it again with the character design, but with Junichi Sato as director, I knew this wasn’t gonna be a typical formula for this season. Although, I noticed a lot of parenting aspects going on throughout Hugtto. Well, Sato, you think I wouldn’t notice, but I did.

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I DID NOTICE A LOT OF SAILOR MOON REFERENCES. Two in particular.

Dr. Trauma and Ruru reminded me a lot of Hotaru Tomoe and her father in Sailor Moon S. However, I wonder if anyone noticed the whole...Black Moon arc aspect. Hear me out. 

The whole Hugtan meeting Hana and the finale ending where Hana becomes a mother to someone who LOOKS like Hugtan, reminds me a LOT of Usagi and Chibiusa. When George had Hana and Hugtan alone in the final episodes...all I could think of was that moment where Prince Demande tried to keep "Sailor Moon” for himself via kidnapping. Like seriously, Sato?! 

Oh, but the baby thing that keeps coming up in almost every episode, I keep recalling something much...more personal. Followers of mine who knew me since 2011, YOU MIGHT KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING.

Episode 21 of the original Sailor Moon series.

The scene with Hiromi, Kazuko, and Asatou. Asatou had a child with him. HMMM, I WONDER IF THIS WAS ANY INSPIRATION FOR HUGTTO SO MANY YEARS LATER.

(Nice try. I’m not stupid, Sato.)

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Okay, enough rambling off-topic with all the references. Let me just get to the point. 

Hugtto! Precure, surprisingly, had a great premise going on. The theming of destiny, the future, and notably, PARENTING was a unique yet risky attempt. I’m very skeptical with how time-travel is handled, but at no time did I notice any inconsistencies or anything off-putting. Now, I do want to mention one little nitpick. I feel like as soon as Amour and Macherie stepped into the picture, things got weird. For about an arc or two, I swear the EmiruRuru craze refuse to cease, but I didn’t let it bother me much. Other than that...

Yeah, I seriously loved it. The group dynamic was tight with Hana being probably the coolest modern leader thus far.  Hugtto! has decent to stunning animation sequences (there are a few episodes that had the best animation direction). 

The tie-in season movie, for a crossover to celebrate 15 years, LEFT ME SATISFIED. I was DEEPLY moved with the message of memories and OH THE BABIES!!!!! The animation was beautiful and the CGI was breathtaking. My gosh did I keep looking at the backgrounds and think “HOW DID THEY PULL THIS OFF WITH 55 FUCKING CURES INVOLVED?!”

It is without a doubt I fully enjoyed Hugtto! Precure for breaking boundaries, such as the positive messages, the heroism, FREAKING CURE INFINI, and Hana Nono in general. 

You don’t have to tell me twice. GO CHECK THIS OUT FOR YOURSELF!

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Thus, only one more Precure season to go and I’ll finally catch up (until HealPre finishes). Join me in April for the FINAL PRECURE WATCH. We’re going to SPAAAAAAAAACE!!!

Takahashi returns for a third!? Let’s see if it exceeds my expectations, because Suite and Dokidoki were decent. Plus, I LOVE ASTROLOGY. Will Star Twinkle convince me enough to rank it to the stars? 

Until next time, here’s hoping senpai notices you. KIRAYABA!!!!

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Le palmares 2019 du festival de cinema japonais contemporain Kinotayo !

Les réalisateurs invités et les organisateurs de Kinotayo  ©TokyoatParis

Si le festival de cinéma japonais contemporain Kinotayo se poursuit en dehors de Paris, dans toute la France jusqu’en février 2020, la manifestation culturelle vient de se terminer à Paris, avec la remise d’un nouveau prix. Retour sur la cérémonie de clôture de cette 14ème édition !

C’est dans l’auditorium du Musée national des arts asiatiques-Guimet que la cérémonie de clôture de Kinotayo s’est tenue. Une première pour le festival qui a approché l’institution, « et en toute logique que le musée national des arts asiatiques-Guimet a accepté » comme le déclare Daniel SOULIÉ, directeur culturel du musée. Logique car le musée propose régulièrement au sein de sa programmation des projections de films asiatiques ou en lien avec ses expositions. Ce n’est pas la seule première pour Kinotayo puisque le festival de cinéma ajoute une nouvelle récompense cette année. Outre les Prix du Jury, Prix de l’Image et le Soleil d’Or du Public, le festival récompense désormais la musique de film à travers le Prix Music Media Consulting de la meilleure B.O.

Les films en compétition ©TokyoatParis

Les 11 films en compétition :  Come on Irene  de Keisuke YOSHIDA, And Your Bird Can Sing de Sho MIYAKE, The Kamagasaki Cauldron War de Leo SATO, Masquerade Hotel de Masayuki SUZUKI, The Promised Land de Takahisa ZEZE, Shinjuku Tiger de Yoshinori SATO, Siblings of the Cape de Shinzo KATAYAMA, Talking the Pictures de Masayuki SUO, Family of Strangers de Hideyuki HIRAYAMA, Dans un jardin qu’on dirait éternel de Tatsushi OMORI, L’Homme qui venait de la mer de Koji FUKADA.

Les réalisateurs invités, dont certains des films étaient en compétition, étaient sur la scène de l’auditorium du Mnaag pour parler de leurs films ©TokyoatParis

Masayuki SUZUKI reçoit le prix ©TokyoatParis

La première récompense remise est le prix Media Music Consulting de la meilleure BO, attribué à Naoki SATO pour la bande originale de Masquerade Hotel de Masayuki SUZUKI.

Leo SATO reçoit le prix de la Meilleure Image ©TokyoatParis

Ensuite, le jury remet le Prix de la Meilleure Image, attribué à Leo SATO pour The Kamagasaki Cauldron War, son premier film de fiction. Très heureux de remporter ce prix, le réalisateur découvre la lithographie de l’artiste Christelle THÉA qui lui est offerte.

Leo SATO à Kinotayo ©TokyoatParis

Ce n’est pas tout, puisqu’à peine réinstallé à son siège, il est temps d’annoncer le Prix du Jury. Aurélie BRIQUET et Pascal Le DUFF, deux membres du Jury, montent sur scène pour annoncer le lauréat. Ils évoquent les nombreux aspects positifs qui les ont émus dans le film remportant le prix : « politique, burlesque, (...), touchant, cocasse » mais aussi « la mise en scène et la rigueur dans l’écriture » et ils espèrent que le film trouvera son public en France. Le lauréat du Prix du Jury est de nouveau Leo SATO avec The Kamagasaki Cauldron War ! Et le réalisateur est vraiment touchant en montant sur scène, n’osant croire à sa victoire au point de demander « c’est une caméra cachée ? ».

Le président du festival reçoit le Soleil d’Or pour Masayuki SUO ©TokyoatParis

Enfin, la cérémonie s’achève avec la remise du Soleil d’Or, soit le film préféré du public grâce aux votes des festivaliers. Cette 14ème édition de Kinotayo remet le Soleil d’Or à Masayuki SUO pour Talking the Pictures. Malheureusement, le réalisateur n’était pas à Paris et c’est donc le président du festival Kiyoji KATAKAWA qui reçoit la récompense sur scène en son nom. Talking the Pictures est un film de fiction sur les benshi, les narrateurs et commentateurs du cinéma japonais muet.

Cela tombe bien car la soirée se termine par la projection d’Une Page folle, un film muet de Teinosuke KINUGASA datant de 1926 ! Pour le public français, la projection était non seulement accompagnée en musique sur une composition de Kazuko NARITA et narrée par un benshi français, Cyril COPPINI, seul français à pratiquer le rakugo et reconnu par le Japon.

Ne ratez pas les projections hors Paris en allant sur Kinotayo.

 Toute reproduction interdite sans autorisation

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Status Post #8045: Super Sentai 1-100

Row 1 - Goranger [Akaranger (Red): Tsuyoshi Kaijo (Naoya Makoto), Aoranger (Blue): Akira Shimnei (Hiroshi Miyauchi), Kiranger (Yellow): Daita Oiwa (Baku Hatakeyama), Momoranger (Pink): Peggy Matsuyama (Lisa Komaki) and Midoranger (Green): Kenji Asuka (Yukio Itou)] and JAKQ [Spade Ace (Red): Goro Sakurai (Yoshitaka Tanba), Dia Jack (Blue): Ryu Higashi (Tairayama Itou), Heart Queen (Pink): Karen Mizuki (Mitchi Love), Clover King (Green): Bunta Daichi (Yuusuke Kazato) and Big One (White): Sokichi Banba (Hiroshi Miyauchi)]

Row 2 - Battle Fever J [Battle Japan (Red): Masao Den (Hironori Tanioka), Battle France (Blue): Kyousuke Shida (Yuuhei Kurachi), Battle Cossack (Orange): Makoto Jin (Naoya Ban), Battle Kenya (Black): Shirou Akebono (Kenji Ohba) and Miss America (Pink): Maria Nagisa (Naomi Hagi)] and Denjiman [Denji Red: Ippei Akagi (Shinichi Yuuki), Denji Blue: Daigoro Oume (Kenji Ohba), Denji Yellow: Jun Kiyama (Eiichi Tsuyama), Denji Green: Tatsuya Midorikawa (Naoya Uchida) and Denji Pink: Akira Momoi (Akira Koizumi)]

Row 3 - Sun Vulcan [Vul Eagle (Red): Takayuki Hiba (Takayuki Godai), Vul Shark (Blue): Kin'ya Samejima (Kin'ya Sugi) and Vul Panther (Yellow): Asao Hyou (Asao Kobayashi)], Goggle-V [Goggle Red: Kenichi Akama (Ryouji Akagi), Goggle Black: Kanpei Kuroda (Jyunichi Haruta), Goggle Blue: Saburo Aoyama (Shigeki Ishii), Goggle Yellow: Futoshi Kijima (Sanpei Godai) and Goggle Pink: Miki Momozono (Megumi Ogawa)] and Dynaman (Red and Black) [Dyna Red: Hokuto Dan (Satoshi Okita) and Dyna Black: Ryuu Hoshikawa (Jyunchi Haruta)]

Row 4 - Dynaman (Blue, Yellow and Pink) [Dyna Blue: Yousuke Shima (Kouji Unogi), Dyna Yellow: Kousaku Nangou (Yuu Tokita) and Dyna Pink: Rei Tachibana (Sayoko Hagiwara)], Bioman [Red One: Shirou Gou (Ryosuke Sakamoto), Green Two: Shingo Takasugi (Naoto Ota), Blue Three: Ryuuta Nanbara (Akita Osuga), Yellow Four: Jun Yabuki (Sumiko Tanaka) and Pink Five: Hikaru Katsuragi (Michiko Makino)] and Changeman (Red and Black) [Change Dragon (Red): Hiryu Tsurugi (Haruki Hamada) and Change Griffin (Black): Shou Hayate (Kazuoki Takahashi)]

Row 5 - Changeman (Blue, White and Pink) [Change Pegasus (Blue): Yuma Ozora (Shiro Izumi), Change Mermaid (White): Sayaka Nagisa (Hiroko Nishimoto) and Change Phoenix (Pink): Mai Tsubasa (Mai Ooishi)], Flashman [Red Flash: Jin (Touta Tarumi), Green Flash: Dai (Kihachiro Uemura), Blue Flash: Bun (Yasuhiro Ishiwata), Yellow Flash: Sara Tokimura (Youko Nakamura) and Pink Flash: Lou (Mayumi Yoshida)] and Maskman (Red and Black) [Red Mask: Takeru (Ryousuke Kaizu) and Black Mask: Kenta (Koichi Kusakari)]

Row 6 - Maskman (Blue, Yellow and Pink) [Blue Mask: Akira (Issei Hirota), Yellow Mask: Haruka (Yuki Nagata) and Pink Mask: Momoko (Kanako Maeda)], Liveman [Red Falcon: Yuusuke Amamiya (Daisuke Shima), Yellow Lion: Joh Ohara (Kazuhiko Nishimura), Blue Dolphin: Megumi Misaki (Megumi Mori), Black Bison: Tetsuya Yano (Seirou Yamaguchi) and Green Sai: Jun'ichi Aikawa (Jin Kawamoto)] and Turboranger (Red and Black) [Red Turbo: Riki Honoo (Kenta Satou) and Black Turbo: Daichi Yamagata (Fumiaki Ganaha)]

Row 7 - Turboranger (Blue, Yellow and Pink) [Blue Turbo: Youhei Hama (Keiya Asakura), Yellow Turbo: Shunsuke Hino (Junichiro Katagiri) and Pink Turbo: Haruna Morikawa (Yoshiko Iwaya)], Fiveman [Five Red: Gaku Hoshikawa (Toshiya Fuji), Five Blue: Ken Hoshikawa (Kei Sindachiya), Five Black: Fumiya Hoshikawa (Ryohei Kobayashi), Five Pink: Kazumi Hoshikawa (Kazuko Miyata) and Five Yellow: Remi Hoshikawa (Ryo Narushima)] and Jetman (Red and Black) [Red Hawk: Ryu Tendo (Kotaro Tanaka) and Black Condor: Gai Yuki (Toshihide Wakamatsu)]

Row 8 - Jetman (Yellow, White and Blue) [Yellow Owl: Raita Ooishi (Tomihisa Naruse), White Swan: Kaori Rokumeikan (Rika Kishida) and Blue Swallow: Ako Hayasaka (Sayuri Uchida)], Zyuranger [Tyranno Ranger (Red): Geki (Yuta Mochizuki), Mammoth Ranger (Black): Goushi (Seiju Umon), Tricera Ranger (Blue): Dan (Hideki Fujiwara), Tiger Ranger (Yellow): Boi (Takumi Hashimoto), Ptera Ranger (Pink): Mei (Reiko Chiba) and Dragon Ranger (Green): Burai (Shiro Izumi)] and Dairanger (Red) [Ryuu Ranger (Red): Ryo (Keiichi Wada)]

Row 9 - Dairanger (Green, Blue, Yellow, Pink and White) [Shishi Ranger (Green): Daigo (Tatsuya Nomi), Tenma Ranger (Blue): Shoji (Ei Hamura), Kirin Ranger (Yellow): Kazu (Keisuke Tsuchiya), Houou Ranger (Pink): Lin (Natsuki Takahashi) and Kiba Ranger (White): Kou (Hisashi Sakai)] and Kakuranger [Ninja Red: Sasuke (Teruaki Ogawa), Ninja White: Tsuruhime (Satomi Hirose), Ninja Blue: Saizou (Hiroshi Tsuchida), Ninja Yellow: Seikai (Shu Kawai) and Ninja Black: Jiraiya (Kane Kosugi)]

Row 10 - Kakuranger (Navy) [Extra Hero (Navy): Ninjaman (Hideaki Kusaka, voiced by Kazuki Yao)], Ohranger [Oh Red: Goro Hoshino (Masaru Shishido), Oh Green: Shouhei Yokkaichi (Kunio Masaoka), Oh Blue: Yuji Mita (Masashi Goda), Oh Yellow: Juri Nijou (Ayumi Aso), Oh Pink: Momo Maruo (Tamao Sato) and King Ranger (Black): Riki (Shoji Yamaguchi)] and Carranger (Red, Blue and Green) [Red Racer: Kyosuke Jinnai (Yuji Kishi), Blue Racer: Naoki Domon (Yoshihiro Masujima) and Green Racer: Minoru Uesugi (Yoshihiro Fukuda)]

[byneddiedingo]

Sing a Song of Sex (Nagisa Oshima, 1967)

Cast: Ichiro Araki, Kazuko Tajima, Juzo Itami, Akiko Koyama, Koji Iwabuchi, Kazuyoshi Kushida, Hiroshi Sato, Nobuko Miyamoto, Hiroko Masuda, Hideko Yoshida. Screenplay: Tsutomu Tamura, Mamoru Sasaki, Toshio Tajima, Nagisa Oshima. Cinematography: Akira Takada. Set decoration: Jusho Toda. Film editing: Keiichi Uraoka. Music: Hikaru Hayashi. Politics and pornography intersect in Sing a Song of Sex, a film which, though it has four credited screenwriters, was largely improvised by its young cast. It's set at a time of political demonstrations, during which the teacher (Juzo Itami) of a group of young men preparing for their examinations tells them that bawdy songs -- the film's Japanese title has also been translated as A Treatise on Bawdy Songs -- are themselves a political statement, a way for the poorer classes to find release from oppression. And so the lines between fantasy and reality are blurred in the film as the young men act, if only in their imaginations, upon their desires, many of which focus on the pretty Mayuko (Kazuko Tajima), whom they depersonalize by referring to her by her seat number in class, 469. Often enigmatic, Sing a Song of Sex is the kind of film for which it's best that many of us just go along for the ride rather than to try to unravel its social and political implications, which are very much of a particular time and place.

[artspheres]

Eighth Annual Exhibition  PEACE 2022  September 9 – 16 Opening Reception: Friday, Sep 9, 6–8pm Virtual Live from 6:30pm Ayako Bando • Christopher Craig • Mikako Fujiwara • Kana Handel • Miho Hiranouchi • Yumiko Hirokawa • Kazuko Hyakuda • Kunio Izuka • Atsuko Kawai • Ayane Kurai • Mieko Mitachi • Hiromi Oikawa • Show Ota • Nobuko Saji • Tatsuya Sato • Akiko SIACCA • Akemi Takeda • Asako Yamada • Yukie Yasui • Yayoi Yokoyama PEACE 2022 is the 8th annual exhibition featuring anti-war and anti-nuclear issues.  The artists depict their thoughts and feelings concerning nuclear weapons and power plants in painting, drawing, prints, mixed media, and more. They keep sending messages that human beings should learn lessons from the past horrible spectacles: atomic bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 6 and 9, 1945: power plant disasters in Chernobyl, April 26, 1986, and Fukushima, March 11, 2011. Gallery Max New York 552 Broadway, Suite 401, New York, NY 10012 Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-6pm

[themccreeweeb]

Scarlet Azure, but kinda.

Chapter 1

Motive: Time Limit

Death: Tamakagi Hairyuu

Killer: Noriko Sukekiyo

Tamakagi takes the spot of Mangka, him believing that his blindness will only make him pull the group back, Noriko approaches him and asks him about the poison roulette, as to which he agrees. All events continue the same and Noriko gets shot up.

Thanks to this, Yuka doesn’t become depressed and her and Mangka are able to be happier for now.

Keiji and Ayane are together and Choko and Kasai are still trying to figure out what love is.

Mamoru and Aki are also together, although it’s apparent Aki is a little confused, people also get worried about her narcolepsy and how it could possibly make her an easy target.

Chapter 2

Motive: Secrets

Death: Keiji Tachibana

Killer: Lazarus

All the original events go as normal, although when Keiji approaches, Ayane is just hanging there, fear in his eyes he approaches the body, he realizes something as his eyes go wide… Ayane’s corpse wasn’t real, and before he realizes what’s happening, Lazarus digs the sword into his back, pinning him to the floor right under Ayane’s body.

Kasai, Yuka, and Ayane are both not doing well over this death, it’s obviously hit Ayane a lot harder and she tells everyone about her amnesia herself, feeling like it was her fault Keiji was dead, she was hoping this would make her a possible suspect.

Chapter 3

Motive: Despair Disease

Death: Choko Shinsato

Killer: Kazuko Okawa

The victims of despair disease play out the same, except there’s no Keiji. Kazuko’s illness allows him into the hospital, and he goes in there to see Yuuto, needing to talk to him about the pharmacy meds and hoping some would help him so he’d be able to test out drinks before serving them. When walking in, he sees Yuuto passed out on the ground, and the crime scene door open. He rushes in and is about to enter before stopping and listening to Choko and Dorisu talking, trying to stop it, he rushes in, pushes Choko to the ground, but ends up accidentally killing her in this. He apologizes to Dorisu as he starts to frame the murder on her. During the trial, Kasai, Dorisu, and Julian out themselves, and Kazuko gets found out thanks to Chiroku’s hand.

Kasai feels terrible for never telling Choko the truth as usual, and the death isn’t good for Ayane either. Julian is fucked over with Kazuko’s death and relies on Brogan and Chiroku at this point.

Chapter 4

Motive: Body Swap

Death: Aki Matsumae and Brogan Boyle

Killer: Brogan Boyle

Brogan learns about the fact that Julian was thinking about killing himself, not realizing that he meant sometime other than this motive, so he goes to kill himself, accidentally killing Aki in the process. Aki slowly begins to die once she gets back into her own body. Brogan is discovered as the killer and the trial ends there, Mamoru saddened, and Julian broken.

Yuuto finds a picture of him, Kasai, and an unknown girl on it, he flips it over and a name is revealed to only him.

Chapter 5

Motive: Memories

Death: Unknown female

Killer: “Julian Tappe”

The motive in this case is the chance to acquire your memories before this game. Everything stays quiet and the kumas threaten to torture someone. Julian decides to go through with his plan but as he walks through the island to gather what he needs, he walks into the warehouse at the army base and sees an unknown female corpse stabbed through the chest as he drops the stuff and runs out to gather everyone. During the trial, Yuuto reveals that the dead student was Toshimi Miyashita, the true Ultimate Lucky Student. No one having any kind of lead, Julian gets voted as the killer for finding the body first, and instead of losing the trial, he actually gets executed.

Kasai spills his story to Ayane, telling her about his true past, followed by him finally heading to the castle and talking to Choko. He’s not forgiven, but not hated as Choko reminds him that if he really wants to remember the fallen, he has to live.

Chapter 6

Finale

Casualties: Mamoru Kishisei

The investigation chapter. The exploration teams are Kasai, Yuuto, and Mamoru; and Chiroku, Yuka, Ayane, and Mangka. Kasai, Yuuto, and Mamoru get attacked by the monobeast and Mamoru pushes them out of the way as he gets attacked, Yuuto convinces Kasai to run and they learn while in Yuuto’s cottage that Mamoru was dead and gave his life for them. This hits them both hard but convinces them to find the truth. The trial goes as it would, and it’s revealed that Julian didn’t kill Miya the fake students coming out and Naomi and Hikari getting found out. The 6 survivors vote to leave and the game ends.

Survivors

Kasai Shiryoku

Yuuto Sato

Ayane Seki

Chiroku Afira

Yuka Kiyomizu

Mangka Kuromasa