This week we watch the final movie in our Japan leg of Asian movies with “Hana-bi”, written, directed, edited, and starring Japanese film and comedy legend, and actor, producer, editor, director, author, game designer, poet, painter Takeshi Kitano. Does this movie bring in the rewards with the...

For the fourth movie in our Japan leg of our tour of Asian movies, we watch a lesser known collection of three short films by famed animator and manga-ka Katsuhiro Otomo. Does this series of shorts live up to the same quality set by him earlier with Akira? Also, what does each episode bring to...