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...Until recently, Asian horror movies?with titles like Chinese Torture Chamber Story and Reborn From Hell: Samurai Armageddon?were geared to what are politely referred to as niche audiences. That all changed in 1998 with Ichise's stylishly creepy Ringu, which Hollywood remade as The Ring. Ringu earned nearly $20 million, the sequel took in double that, and the Hollywood remake grossed $230 million. Viewers found themselves face to face with a new Asian beast: scare flicks that kept them suspended in fear, instead of grossed out by gore. As a result, says Danny Pang, co-director of the Hong...
...From the samurai-like topknot he sometimes wears in his long, black hair, to the touchdowns he’s acrobatically caught, to the yards he’s valiantly accumulated—and even down to this ethnicity, which is half-white, half-Asian—Edwards is not like most college football players...
...physical strength, as well as relieve tension. For the novice, the variety of budo can be bewildering. Judo focuses on neutralizing opponents by throwing and pinning them to the floor. Karate emphasizes the concentration of all one's strength into a devastating blow. Jujitsu, a system devised by samurai, uses painful holds to force an opponent into submission. But if these seem too belligerent, there is another way - that of aikido. Aikido's founder was Morihei Ueshiba, a compact man who drew on ancient jujitsu styles and began perfecting his art in pre?World War II Japan. It's claimed...
...Floating-world" art was propelled by the rise of Kabuki, a form of theater that began one night in 1603, when a priestess named Okuni performed in Kyoto dressed as a kabukimono, or dissolute samurai. The shogunate soon barred women from the stage, but male actors embodying the expressive new style developed large followings?and eager customers for their portraits. A lively example is Katsukawa Shunsho's The Actors Ichikawa Danzo III and Onoe Tamizo I, in which the two men portray a courtesan and a samurai with an intensity that literally defies gravity. Other ukiyo-e scenes were drawn...
...getting an essay topic. Alas, Isaac was interested in the girl, not the spiritual epiphany. I had planned our trip from Boston, preparing for an exotic land of kimonos and haikus; my brother packed his bags in Taiwan, thinking of schoolgirl uniforms and manga comics. Isaac won. As Last Samurai morphed into Lolita, even I became an accomplice. The best way to snap pictures of unsuspecting females is to position your frumpy sister in front of them. Schoolgirls on bikes, young mothers at the mall, Shinto priestesses on festival barges…and the sister can be erased with Photoshop?...