Masako's Story 10: Two damaged families trying and failing to make one "normal" family in 1960s Japan. bit.ly/4rnLwKW #昭和

Masako's Story 10: Two damaged families trying and failing to make one "normal" family in 1960s Japan. bit.ly/4rnLwKW #昭和

"In Our Day" opens today in Tokyo. bit.ly/4an3CoQ @hongsangsoo_JP #私たちの一日

"Bugonia" and "Crime 101" open today in Tokyo. bit.ly/4qxAUI0 @bugonia_jp #ブゴニア #クライム101

"My Everything" opens tomorrow in Tokyo. bit.ly/4aqZzrB #私のすべて

Background. bit.ly/4raVPSx

"Spermageddon" opens Friday in Tokyo. bit.ly/4rad6ej @spermageddon_jp #スペルマゲドン精なる大冒険

Soft xenophobia: Japanese govt. not proactive about foreigners learning Japanese language bit.ly/4alTcGb #夜間中学校 #外国人のための日本語教育

Soft xenophobia: Japanese govt. not proactive about foreigners learning Japanese language bit.ly/4alTcGb #夜間中学校 #外国人のための日本語教育

"Together" and "Frewaka" open today in Tokyo. bit.ly/4tmiD2X @together0206 #トゥギャザー #FRÉWAKAフレワカ

This is powerful, deeply moving storytelling. Highly recommended. It asks—and answers—what it *felt* like to grow up in 1960s Japan with a Korean parent, in grinding poverty, while exploring the dark underside of Japan’s so-called economic miracle.

Masako's Story 10: Dinner for one, and other indignities of childhood poverty in 1960s Japan. bit.ly/4qXuX8t #昭和 #貧乏生活

Rental guarantor companies move to the front lines in the battle between landlords and tenants, taking casualties in the process. bit.ly/4t73jr7 #家賃保証会社

Hot source: Does the Japanese press play fast and loose with off-the-record comments? bit.ly/4kc6RUA #官邸記者クラブ #オフレコ

Rental guarantor companies move to the front lines in the battle between landlords and tenants, taking casualties in the process. bit.ly/4t73jr7 #家賃保証会社

"Holding Back the Tide" opens today in Tokyo. bit.ly/4a7npZm @mizunonaka_film #水の中で息をする彼女でも彼でもなく

"The Running Man" and "Mars Express" open today in Tokyo. bit.ly/4q3gOVJ @RunningMan_jp #ランニング・マン @marsexpress_jp #マーズ・エクスプレス

"Queendom" opens tomorrow in Tokyo. bit.ly/4a6X3XH @Elles_Films #クイーンダム誕生

Masako's Story 9: Surviving 3rd grade in 1965 Japan with jokes and an impermeable shell bit.ly/3ZuoZj5 #昭和

"Olivia & the Clouds" opens today in Tokyo. bit.ly/4pVbm7u @olivia_eiga2026 #オリビアと雲

Everything you wanted to know about earthquake insurance but were afraid to ask. bit.ly/49BCXFV #淡路大震災 #地震保険

"Mercy" and "Project Y" open today in Tokyo. bit.ly/4pPNGBj #MERCYマーシーAI裁判 @projecty_jp #映画projecty

"Five Nights at Freddy's 2" opens tomorrow in Tokyo. bit.ly/4r447en #ファイブ・ナイツ・アット・フレディーズ２

"Work to Do" and "About Us But Not About Us" open today in Tokyo. bit.ly/4qqakBk @worktodo0117 #ただやるべきことを @Someonesga24545 #アバウトアス・バット・ノット・アバウトアス

"28 Years Later: The Bone Temple" opens today in Tokyo. bit.ly/45V4AqW #28年後白骨の神殿

Masako's story 8: new school, new jobs, new clothes, and with them new worries bit.ly/4jMqT8i #昭和

"Good One" and "Treasure" open tomorrow in Tokyo. bit.ly/4pLqzYF @goodone0116 #グッドワン #旅の終わりのたからもの

"Warfare" opens Friday in Tokyo. bit.ly/4jE7ztN #ウォーフェア戦地最前線

"In Water" opens today in Tokyo. bit.ly/4szT91A @hongsangsoo_JP #水の中で

"The Outrun" and "The Great Lillian Hall" open today in Tokyo. bit.ly/49uNtNI @okubyoudori01 #おくびょう鳥が歌うほうへ @kassaimovie #喝采

"Caught Stealing" and "Yadang" open tomorrow in Tokyo. bit.ly/3YwBwCh #コート・スティーリング #YADANGヤダン

Masako's Story 7: Moving house twice during the autumn of the Tokyo Olympics (the first one). bit.ly/3N6LVlD #昭和

Japan's ruling party just can't seem to shake that Unification Church nuisance. bit.ly/3YZnEAy #統一教会 #自民党

Blood liable: Families of convicted and alleged perpetrators are the collateral victims of their crimes. bit.ly/4skfhNr #松本麗華 #犯罪加害者家族

Watch men: Japanese police arrest go-between who dealt in expensive time pieces. bit.ly/3LaUprq #Rolex #SharingServices #こだわる

Watch men: Japanese police arrest go-between who dealt in expensive time pieces. bit.ly/3LaUprq #Rolex #SharingServices #こだわる

"A Working Man" opens today in Tokyo. bit.ly/4pWWvdv @workingman_jp #ワーキングマン

"In the Lost Lands" opens today in Tokyo. bit.ly/4pkal8D @lostlands_movie #ロストランズ闇を狩る者

Best music of the year bit.ly/4sljpgi

The best movies released in Japan in 2025 (only one of which is Japanese). bit.ly/4qxSBYw

Masako's Story 6: The (first) summer of separation bit.ly/49aOEBQ

Masako's Story 5: Masako remembers her two half-brothers, whom she last saw in the late 1960s. brasortsubuku.substack.com/p/lost-boys?... #昭和 #在日朝鮮人

Masako's Story 5: Masako remembers her two half-brothers, whom she last saw in the late 1960s. brasortsubuku.substack.com/p/lost-boys?... #昭和 #在日朝鮮人

"Magazine Dreams" opens today in Tokyo. bit.ly/3MCHyi6 @bodybuilder_jp #ボディビルダー

"A Big Bold Beautiful Journey" opens tomorrow in Tokyo. bit.ly/4p4Pvdt #ビューティフル・ジャーニーふたりの時空旅行

#BlackBoxDiaries : The Passion of Shiori Ito bit.ly/3MBVmt7 #伊藤詩織 #MeToo

"By the Stream" opens today in Tokyo. bit.ly/4oPTk60 @hongsangsoo_JP #小川のほとりで

"Eddington" opens today in Tokyo. bit.ly/4oT5efo #エディントンへようこそ @A24HPS

"Shelby Oaks" opens tomorrow in Tokyo. bit.ly/3MzxyG7 @shelbyoaks_jp #シェルビー・オークス

Masako' Story 4: 1964, a death in the family marks the end of childhood. bit.ly/490JWYp #substack