Relationships & Marriage
- In the closet
- September 24th, 2009
- One day, I was supposed to visit a friend of mine. By the time I got to his house, he was no longer there. In an attempt to compensate for his inconvenient absence, his mother (yes, he still lives with her, as do most Japanese people these days…) randomly insisted on showing me the inside » Continue Reading
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- Taking a Japanese Name
- September 16th, 2009
- I’ve been in Japan for almost 5 years and married for 6. I’m going to be applying for my PR soon but that’s another story. Anyways my wife never took my last name since we planned to live in Japan. Last week after doing my banking, my bank book was full. I went into the » Continue Reading
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- The Art and the Science of Action Directing: Interview with Yuji Shimomura
- July 27th, 2009
- What is an action director? There’s a lot of different titles for people who are responsible for creating a fight scene; the action director, the stunt coordinator, the fight coordinator, etc, so it’s easy to get confused. An action director is like the overseer. They are the ones who have to think about the drama » Continue Reading
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