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...Three filmmakers suggest that Japan's rising sun is about to climb a little higher. Shunji Iwai has got pop-culture sensibility down pat and, in All About Lily Chou-Chou, his lens finds the gritty underside of young Japan. Yuichi, (Ichihara Hayato) a shy teen, is bullied by schoolmate Hoshino, (Oshinara Shugo). Among other trials, he is forced to masturbate in front of five other boys. For solace, Yuichi listens to pop idol Lily Chou-Chou and constructs his own identity in an online chat room devoted to her. Yuichi befriends a pianist named Yoko (Ayumi...
...Moms and dads may hate it, but au courant street slang says a lot about any society. In Japan during the highfalutin '80s, lives were oshare (posh), and indeed they were considering those diamond Rolexes and $15 cups of coffee. Food wasn't tasty, it was chou beri guddo (very very good). Clothes weren't just happening, they were a five-second melody: chooooouuu kaawaaaiiiiiii (very cute). Japanese were enthusiastic once ... and rich...
...think there's nothing but rubbish on the Internet, you're not a film director. First there was Stanley Kwan's Lan Yu, then Shunji Iwai's All About Lily Chou-Chou, two films inspired by stories on the Net. Three years ago, Korean director Kwak Jae-yong read a Web column tracing the ups and downs of a relationship between two college students: she eccentric, he naive. Kwak has turned it into My Sassy Girl, an esculent entr?e billed as a romantic comedy. In fact, it's harder to categorize: the movie is absurd, bizarre; it beats...
...glass doors that would suit a space pod. If you're still buzzing after the clubs close, Fuhsing South Road in southeast Taipei has food stalls open until the wee hours. Try the niurou laobing, a beef-filled pancake, or, if you're brave, a steaming hot pot of chou doufu, stinky bean curd...
...stumbled into this image, this sort of regular Chou appeal. He strikes most Taiwanese as being like them, with the same values and aspirations for his family and his country. Isn't that what you desire in a President--someone who thinks like you and understands the complications of everyday living, yet is equipped with the mental tools to solve national problems? Chen communicates that sort of pragmatic intelligence. He's a Taiwanese Al Gore, and that's part of his problem. He could do with a bit more Clintonian warmth and charm. He struggles to connect, which is surprising...