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		<title>J-Cin Sundays: Godspeed You! Black Emperor &#8211; Biker Gangs and How to Get Angry in Japan</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/09/11/j-cin-bikers-black-emperor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 13:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Director: Mitsuo Yanagimachi Year: 1976 Notes: This documentary was the inspiration for the name of post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor, which honestly is the only reason I sought it out. TLDR: A bunch of &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/09/11/j-cin-bikers-black-emperor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=913&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>J-Cin Sundays: &#8220;The Great Happiness Space&#8221; &#8211; Illusion and Reality in the Japanese Sex Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: The Great Happiness Space Director: Jake Clennell Year: 2006 Notes: This isn&#8217;t a &#8220;Japanese Film&#8221; per se, it&#8217;s a British Documentary on a Japanese cultural phenomenon. For some reason there&#8217;s no trailers online, but you can find the entire movie streaming if you &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/08/28/japan-sex-industry-host/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=845&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>J-Cin Sundays: &#8220;Achilles and the Tortoise&#8221; and the Contemporary Japanese Art World</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/06/26/achilles-tortoise-japan-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 04:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: Achilles and the Tortoise Director: Takeshi Kitano Year: 2008 Notes: Though the clip is animated, this is a live-action film. The Japanese Art World Back in February, American-expat-turned-Japanese-art-curator Robert Tobin went searching through Japanese art schools to find new works for his gallery. &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/06/26/achilles-tortoise-japan-art/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=626&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>J-Cin Sundays: Suicide Club</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 02:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: Suicide Club (自殺サークル, literally, &#8220;Suicide Circle&#8221;) Director: Sion Sono Year: 2002 Notes: This review contains spoilers. And it&#8217;s a cult cinema comedy-horror film by an avant-garde street poet, so assume all videos are disturbing &#8211; except for the Rebecca Black video. Or, maybe that &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/06/12/suicide-club-sono-j-cinema/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=581&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>J-Cin Sundays: &#8220;Air Doll.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/05/22/j-cin-sundays-air-doll/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 12:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: Air Doll Director:  Hirokazu Koreeda Year: 2009 Notes: Based on the comic &#8220;Kuuki Ningyo,&#8221; by Yoshiie Gōda. TLDR: Amelie, if Amelie was an inflatable sex doll that magically came to life, and if Amelie made you really, really sad. “Why do people have to be &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/05/22/j-cin-sundays-air-doll/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=539&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>J-Cin Sundays: Battle Royale and Japanese Nationalism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 14:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: Battle Royale Director: Kinji Fukasaku Year: 2000 Notes: A 3D version of this film is being re-edited for American release in 2011. This article refers to a subtitled Japanese edition of the original, 2000 theatrical release.  TLDR: High school kids are inexplicably drafted &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/05/01/j-cin-sundays-battle-royale-and-japanese-nationalism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=520&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Ozu, Architecture and Japanese Lunch Boxes</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/04/13/ozu-architect-lunch-box-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan is really good at dividing wholes into smaller parts. Just look at the Bento box a mother makes for a 4-year-old or the masterpieces of the Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu. It’s in the architecture, where panels are carefully measured &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/04/13/ozu-architect-lunch-box-japan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=493&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>J-Cin Sundays: Godzilla vs Fukushima</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/04/10/godzilla-fukushima-nuclear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: Gojira Director: Ishiro Honda Year: 1954 Notes: &#8220;Godzilla,&#8221; the infamously campy re-edit, was released in the USA in 1956. TLDR: Radiation from nuclear weapons testing wakes a prehistoric monster from its sleep off the coast of Japan. Gojira as &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/04/10/godzilla-fukushima-nuclear/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=482&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>J-Cin Sundays: &#8220;Linda Linda Linda&#8221;（リンダリンダリンダ）</title>
		<link>http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/04/03/japanese-cinema-linda-linda-linda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 02:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[J-Cin is a new, semi-regular weekend feature for This Japanese Life discussing Japanese Cinema. This is the first installment. Title: Linda Linda Linda (リンダリンダリンダ) Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita Year: 2005 TLDR: Linda Linda Linda is an understated indie comedy about high &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/04/03/japanese-cinema-linda-linda-linda/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=457&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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