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I Am a Hero - (2015 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3775202/
https://avex.jp/iamahero/
was toho.co.jp/movie/lineup/iamahero-movie.html/

A zombie apocalypse fells Japan and it's up to an almost-NEET everyman to mostly save a couple of people.

A straightforward and largely unsurprising movie; fine for wasting some time.



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Terra Formars - (2016 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4433646/

Criminals are sent to Mars to fight super-cockroaches.

Oh my god this is so Japanese and so bad. I couldn't finish it..



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BlockChinese--illidan_chat

World of Warcraft > AddOns, Chinese, Japanese >

https://www.wowace.com/projects/blockchinese

Lines with Chinese, Korean and Japanese characters are not displayed in your chat.

Does the job.



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Fist of Legend - (1994 movie) image

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110200/

Upon hearing of his master's death, a man returns to Shanghai amidst tensions from its Japanese occupation, and learns there was foul play.

Quite a good movie, with all the basic elements. There's next to none of the B-movie cheese that's pervasive of such films, so it's good enough for everyday people.



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Spirited Away - (2001 movie) image

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245429/

On the way to moving to a new town, a girl stumbles upon and is trapped in a pocket dimension with an old Japanese bath house run by spirits and non-humans.

SHE SHOUTS A LOT

A spectacular movie. Youthful but with a balance of fantasy spectacle and horror.



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bushido-1924-01-03-book-minoru-tanaka-cover

Entertainment > Reading > samurai >

(on Wikipedia)

A book on Bushido, the old way of the samurai, as created in conversation with an old master-turned-monk.

In a time when the others were softening up, a samurai who had lost his master and left to live in a monastery spoke in hushed tones to a friend about the old ways he grew up in. Although he and others insisted the manuscripts be burned, the promises were broken when they were kept secret. They would be later compiled and published, and even later translated from its original Japanese.

A particularly interesting book. Although most of it is definitely not directly-applicable today, I think anyone who already has a sufficient "wisdom" (whatever that means) will find bits and pieces of insight.



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