Don Brown has awakened from hibernation and started blogging about Japanese movies again. Head on over to Ryuganji for a translation of an article on the success of Boys Over Flowers, a link to the new Shochiku YouTube channel, speculation on Takeshi Kitano possibly shirking his demi-god responsibilities, and some Nikkatsu fanboy glee.

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Originally included as a bonus feature on the French DVD release of Shinya Tsukamoto’s “Nightmare Detective”, you can now watch Eric Dinkian’s short film Kaojikara in its entirety on the film’s official website. Set up as as a metaphor for loneliness and alienation, it stars Karin Shibata as a young Japanese woman living in a western country who wakes up one morning to discover the faces of everyone around her (including her boyfriend) have become strangely deformed. Here’s the link to the film with English subtitles (not work safe—French tatas).

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I figured this was worth mentioning since it’s been quite a long time since SaruDama‘s last update, but they now have a new design and new reviews up for Retribution and Exte. It’s always nice to see other Japanese movie sites get back into the fray, and that one was always one of my favorites.

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