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
KMAKICI: from plush toy to pop star
The goofy looking plush toy making waves as a social media pop star
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
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
LES RALLIZES DÉNUDÉS
Les Rallizes Dénudés were a seminal and highly mysterious Japanese psychedelic rock band formed at Kyoto’s Doshisha University in 1967
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
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
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