Tag: watching

4 sunday research: watching this very bad, softcore HK film “When the Peaches are Ripe”– 蜜桃成熟時 (1993 youtube HD, no engl. subs).

Finished re-watching the series Welcome to the N.H.K (歡迎加入NHK!). Basically eccentric, charming characters, and an interesting storyline–the show follows the (mis)adventures of a young NEET, Sato Tatsuhiro, as he tries to cope with an empty life of no friends, no job, no girlfriend, and no prospects for the future. Living alone in his tiny 套房…

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Tokyo Family (2013)

Tokyo Family (東京家族) is without a doubt one of the best Japanese movies I’ve seen in the last few months. The film is director Yamada Yoji’s (山田洋次) re-telling of and tribute to an earlier world cinema masterpiece, Yasujirō Ozu’s (小津安二郎) 1953 classic Tokyo Story (東京物語). Like it’s predecessor, it is the story that makes this…

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