Category Archives: Movies

Godzilla Tours Tokyo in 2014!

  Godzilla’s official teaser website has been released, celebrating his 60th anniversary coming up in 2014. The website is interactive and has several secret surprises that can be activated with your keyboard. Godzilla appears in…

[Photoblog] Transformers

“Optimus Prime” found at Wonder Festival 2010 in Japan. It’s been 2 years since the event was held, but it still has a strong impact for me. Copyright(C) japan_style   This is…

Japan’s First Greeting Card with Movie?

It’s almost the middle of December now!  I assume that some of you may be furiously busy to make sure everything is ready for Christmas.  But when you say December…

Japanese Horror Movies that You Don’t Want to Watch Alone

In Japan, horror story is considered to be one of the summer things as it gives us a chill. It is common to enjoy the chill by visiting a haunted…

Tora-san, the Longest Running Film Series

  Do you know a Japanese movie series “Otoko wa Tsurai yo (It’s tough being a man)”? It is a comedy drama about a man called Tora-san, who is a…

Movie Made with Text Editor

  This Niconicodouga (video sharing site) user made an amazing movie with a text editor! Using about 3,200 pages of text file, he reproduced a promotion video of Monster Hunter…

Wow! R2-D2 Soy Sauce Bottle and Humidifier

Even if you are not a film freak, you would probably know R2-D2, a robot character in Star Wars movies. It seems people find that his shape is quite usable;…

Wasabi Stories vol.195: “One Important Person is Enough”

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “One Important Person is Enough” Today’s story teller is documentary director Tetsuaki Matsue, 33 years old. He says, “Even if 99 people criticize…

Wasabi vol.183: “Pure Heart and Soul Moves You More Than Anything”

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Pure Heart and Soul Moves You More Than Anything” Today’s story-teller is poet and musician Kimihito Sasa.  The story is from one of…

Learning Comedy Acts by Film Director Takeshi Kitano

    Today, I want to share this fantastic report by Daily Portal Z, which is a resource site for this blog. Amazingly, they interviewed with a famous Japanese film…

Wasabi Stories vol.123: “Clench your teeth and keep digging one point”

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Clench your teeth and keep digging one point” Today’s story teller is an actor [W:Ken Watanabe]. Centering on the film he starred, “Shizumanu…

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