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Noriben : The Recipe of Fortune
Komaki NAGAI, 31, was raised in the working-class Kyojima area of Tokyo. She has had enough of her good-for-nothing younger husband, Noritomo, and takes her daughter, Noriko, aka ‘Nonchan,’ back to live with her mother at the Kyojima home that she was raised in. Komaki doesn’t want to become a burden to her mother, Fumiyo, […]
Wanko – The Story of Me, My Family and My Dog
Synopsis: On the small island of Miyakejima lives the Noyama family. The family runs a running lodging home. Elementary school student Shin Noyama names their new born puppy Rock. Shin absolutely adores Rock. On August, 2000 a devastating volcano erupts on the island. The Noyama family must quickly flee the island and in the process […]
Quartet
Synopsis: Celebrating 30 years for city of Urayasu. Kai Nagae hopes to become a professional violinist. He lives in Urayasu with his parents and older sister. The family used to perform classical music together, however nowadays they care less for music and for each other. Wishing to be back together, Kai decides to form a family quartet. Shot during the Great East Japan Earthquake, over 700 civilian volunteers supported the completion of the film in hopes for a quick recovery.
Lecture on “The Concept of Amae and Other Developmental Concepts: The Keys to Understand Japanese Society”
Amae, which is a psychoanalytic terms, and it literally means “Dependence” in Japanese language. The Concept of Amae was, first, introduced by one Japanese psychoanalyst, Mr. Takeo Doi, to the psychoanalytic society, since then, this concept has been further researched by many other psychoanalysts. In Japan as well as in many other Asian countries, being […]
Osaka Hamlet
Directed by : MITSUISHI Fujiro Produced by : ITO Hidehiro , ASAHI Masatsugu [ Cast ] MATSUZAKA Keiko KUBO Fusako KISHIBE Ittoku KUBO Takanori MORITA Naoyuki KUBO Yukio HAZAMA Kanpei KUBO Hisanori KATO Natsuki AKASHI Yuka [ Staff ] MATSUSHITA Junichi Executive Producer ENDO Koji Music ITO Hidehiro Screenplay INOMOTO Masami Cinematography OBA Hayato Production […]
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