will lavan 1/8/23 will lavan 1/8/23

SOICHI TERADA: the ever-smiling pioneer of japanese house music

Soichi Terada is a Japanese electronic music composer known for his drum and bass/jungle styled soundtracks for the Ape Escape video game series and contributions to the development of Japanese House music

ben leighton 1/2/23 ben leighton 1/2/23

KMAKICI: from plush toy to pop star

The goofy looking plush toy making waves as a social media pop star

ben leighton 12/27/22 ben leighton 12/27/22

TOMO HYAKUTAKE: master of horror

Character designer, makeup artist, mask creator, director and more - Tomo Hyakutake is a tour de force in the Japanese horror scene

ben leighton 5/9/22 ben leighton 5/9/22

HOUSE: Japan’s Bizarre Horror Comedy

This hallucinatory comedy-horror film with a cast of amateur actors originally flopped but has gone on to become a cult favorite for horror fans around the globe

ben leighton 2/15/22 ben leighton 2/15/22

LES RALLIZES DÉNUDÉS

Les Rallizes Dénudés were a seminal and highly mysterious Japanese psychedelic rock band formed at Kyoto’s Doshisha University in 1967

ben leighton 11/15/21 ben leighton 11/15/21

LION CAFE: Shibuya’s secret classical music oasis

LION CAFE, a classical music cafe tucked away between love hotels and used underwear shops in the Maruyamacho district, is a relaxing oasis amidst Tokyo’s chaos

ben leighton 5/30/21 ben leighton 5/30/21

YUKOKU: Patriotism or the Rite of Love and Death

We take a look at controversial figure Yukio Mishima’s 1966 film, Yukoku - often seen as a cinematic dress rehearsal for his own attempted coup and ritual suicide 4 years later

ben leighton 5/5/21 ben leighton 5/5/21

SUN TRIBE: The disillusioned youth of postwar Japan

The mid 1950s exploration of youth, nihilism & sex that sent older generations into a state of complete moral panic