Quentin Tarantino's latest film, Kill Bill--Vol. 1, is a pastiche of cinematic genres blended into one homage of the films he loves most. Tarantino borrows heavily from Hong Kong action, ...
Acclaimed and controversial Filipino director Brillante Mendoza has set “Chameleon,” the fact-based tale of a transgender woman who joins the Japanese underworld, as his next movie to direct.
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Upstart gangsters shake Japan's yakuza
When Takanori Kuzuoka began climbing the criminal career ladder, he didn't fancy joining Japan's old-school yakuza, with their tattoos, rigid hierarchy and codes of honour. Instead he was drawn to the ...
Johnnie To has revealed that he has been working on a Hong Kong-set drama entitled Hope for the past three years exploring the current state of play in his home territory. He also confirmed rumors ...
I have spent most of the past 15 years in the dark side of the rising sun. Until three years ago, I was a crime reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's largest newspaper, and covered a roster of ...
When the so-called trade deal between the US and Japan was announced on July 22 it contained vague provisions that Japan would invest $550 billion in the US. The details of how this investment would ...
Alexander Abad-Santos is a former writer for The Wire.
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