The first released biopic of my life: my trip to Mt. Fuji.glumbert - Japanese Bikini Rodeo Pie FightJapanese entertainment television at its finest.glumbert - Apologies: The Japanese TraditionYou know you've lived in Japan for a while when you start bowing over the phone.I recognize that this clip is terribly sexist, and I apologize. But I just love this candy. Good, good!This should have been an HMSA commercial. It makes me want to buy additional coverage.I hate these awkward social situations. But I must admit, I may have used that opening line.Preach the damn truth, Brother Wang. But don't believe the Indian guy.Not your typical clip from Japan, but stunning nonetheless.
Standard, vanilla response: Old friends and new. Insert your own non-vanilla response.
Hawaiian music, Oldies - 50s, 60s, 70s, Old School 80s - ballads, rock, rap, RnB, the occasional song getting airplay these days. Check me out on the karaoke mic. Especially when I bring it Japanese enka style.
Allow me to educate you. Best movies I've seen of the past five or six years (in no particular order, and for very different reasons): City of God, F. Meirelles, K. Lund, 2002, Brazil; A Very Long Engagement, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2004, France; Tasogare Seibei (Twilight Samurai), Yoji Yamada, 2002, Japan; Adaptation, Spike Jonze, 2003; American Splendor, S. Berman, R. Pulcini, 2001; Kill Bill, Vol. 1 and 2, Quentin Tarantino, 2003-2004; Punch-Drunk Love, Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002; Lost in Translation, Sofia Coppola, 2003; Whale Rider, Niko Caro, 2003, New Zealand; Visitor Q, Takashi Miike, 2001, Japan; Hero, Yimou Zhang, 2002, China; Water Boys, Shinobu Yaguchi, 2003, Japan; Hustle and Flow, Craig Brewer, 2005; Ping Pong, Kenkuro Kudo, 2002, Japan; 28 Days Later, Danny Boyle, 2003, England; Better Luck Tomorrow, Justin Lin, 2002; Ong Bak, Prachya Pinkaew, 2003, Thailand; Being John Malkovich, Spike Jonze, 1999; Memento, Christopher Nolan, 2000; Amelie, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001, France; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ang Lee, 2000, China; Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore, 2002; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Mike Newell, 2005; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Michel Gondry, 2004; King Kong, Peter Jackson, 2005; The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Peter Jackson, 2001; Audition, Takashi Miike, 1999, Japan; Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Danny Leiner, 2004; Almost Famous, Cameron Crowe, 2000; Y Tu Mama Tambien, Alfonso Cuaron, Mexico, 2001; Bend it Like Beckham, Gurinder Chadha, 2003, England; Kung Fu Hustle, Stephen Chow, Hong Kong, 2004; O Brother, Where Art Thou?, J. Coen, E. Coen, 2000; Malena, Giuseppe Tornatore, 2000, Italy; Secretary, Steven Shainberg, 2002; Samurai Fiction, Hiroyuki Nakano, 1999, Japan; In the Mood for Love, Kar-Wai Wong, 2000, Hong Kong; American Pie, C. Weitz, P. Weitz, 1999; Warm Water under a Red Bridge, Shohei Imamura, 2001, Japan; The King of Masks, Tien-Ming Wu, 1999, China; Office Space, Mike Judge, 1999; Battle Royale, Kinji Fukasaku, 2000, Japan; 8 Mile, Curtis Hanson, 2002; Zatoichi, Takeshi Kitano, 2003, Japan; Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Guy Ritchie, 1999, England; Oldboy, Chan-wook Park, 2004, Korea; Azumi, Ryuhei Kitamura, 2003, Japan; Charlotte Sometimes, Eric Byler, 2002; Fight Club, David Fincher, 1999; The Matrix, L. Wachowski, A. Wachowski, 1999; Happiness of the Katakuris, Takashi Miike, 2001, Japan; Dil Chahta Hai, Farhan Akhtar, 2001, India; Magnolia, Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999; Napolean Dynamite, Jared Hess, 2004; Maria Full of Grace, Joshua Marston, 2004; Startup.com, Chris Hegedus, 2001; American Beauty, Sam Mendes, 2000; Not One Less, Yimou Zhang, 1999, China; The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Judd Apatow, 2005.
See Oceanic Cable Guide for complete listing.
Most recently: The Professor, the Banker and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time, Michael Craig; American Shaolin, Matthew Polly; In the Miso Soup, Ryu Murakami. Cross-section: Freakonomics, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner; Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card; Wheel of Time, Robert Jordan; Norwei no Mori, Haruki Murakami; The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown; Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling; Super System, A Course in Power Poker, Doyle Brunson, The Best American Short Stories, 1993, Various; Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers, Lois-Ann Yamanaka; Stupid White Men, Michael Moore; 1984, George Orwell; Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway.
Miyamoto Musashi, "Action" Dan Harrington, Malcolm X, J-girls that wear tiny ass skirts even in the dead of winter.