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DURIAN SUKEGAWA

Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Apr 14, 2018
¡®Sweet Bean Paste¡¯ offers an original take on the odd couple genre
Durian Sukegawa¡¯s novel is an original twist on the ¡®odd couple¡¯ genre, in which two unlikely companions find they have much to offer each other, and retains much of the humor that genre entails.
CULTURE / Film
Jun 3, 2015
Director Kawase disregards criticism of her sentimental leprosy drama ¡®An¡¯
When I first interviewed Naomi Kawase in 1998, after she won the Cannes Film Festival¡¯s Camera d¡¯Or award for her first feature, ¡°Moe no Suzaku¡± (¡°Suzaku¡°), I remarked on her ¡°quietly stubborn determination¡± to persist in the face of various detractors. If anything, criticism has increased in the intervening...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 3, 2015
Director Naomi Kawase has finally made a ¡®real Japanese film¡¯
Sooner or later, many Japanese directors ¡ª be they internationally acclaimed auteurs or industry outsiders ¡ª end up making what Sion Sono (a noted auteur/outsider himself) once described to me as ¡°a real Japanese film.¡± To put it simply, this sort of film is aimed squarely at the domestic audience,...
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