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
SAYAMA HILLS: Miyazaki’s world on the edge of Tokyo
Escape the noise of Tokyo and reconnect with nature in the park that inspired Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbor Totoro
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