2023年7月– date –

The idea of tattooing the back of a Syrian refugee and displaying it as an art piece may seem very insensitive, but it's a clever irony that the tattoo represents a "Schengen Visa" which allows free movement between countries. This is the brilliant and striking social commentary through art in the movie "The Man Who Sold His Skin," which is based on a true story.

I watched the movie "Incendies" without knowing anything about it except for the trailer shown in the movie theater, and it was an incredible film. I don't want to say anything about this shocking debut film of Denis Villeneuve, who has directed famous works such as "Dune" and "Blade Runner 2049."

"ドキュメント　深海の超巨大イカを追え！(Document: Chasing the Giant Squid of the Deep Sea)" depicts the 10-year-long grueling challenge that the NHK-led project to film "the Holy Grail" giant squid living in the deep sea. It depicts the path of those who started the project, which was thought to be almost impossible, and succeeded in filming the giant squid after a period of hardship and suffering.

If you have seen the movie "Jurassic Park," you may have been excited about the idea of extracting dinosaur DNA from mosquito blood trapped in amber. "化石の分子生物学(The Molecular Biology of Fossils)" refers to research just like that. It is a book full of knowledge that also applies to fields beyond science.

Almost everyone who uses smartphones and the internet must have used Google at some point. "Googled," a book that depicts the history of the company that has created a service that can now be called an "infrastructure," shows that its progress is a product of "innocence" and "accident."

Four members of the strongest US military unit who missed a shepherd encountered in the mountains of Afghanistan were forced to fight to the death against hundreds of Taliban soldiers. The book "Lone Survivor" written by the author who miraculously survived and returned is filled with unbelievable intensity that is hard to believe as a true story.