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Non-Fiction/Liberal Arts
Gautama Buddha Said “Don’t Work” “Don’t Look at the Opposite Sex”
The Buddhism that we are familiar with is "Mahayana Buddhism" which is different from "Hinayana Buddhism" that embodies Gautama Buddha's beliefs. In "講義ライブ だから仏教は面白い!(That's why Buddhism is so interesting!)", the teachings of such "Hinayana Buddhism" are simplified as "Become a NEET person who doesn't even make eye contact with the opposite sex!" and explained. -
Movies(fiction)
[Movie summary] How “A Taxi Driver” Can Change Your Worldview (Director Jang Hun, Starring Song Kang-ho) (a true story of the Gwangju Uprising)
We, who are so immersed in "comfortable information" and are not ashamed of not knowing what we should know, know very little about what is happening in the world. From "A Taxi Driver," a film depicting "Gwangju Uprising," we consider about a new view of the world. -
Movies(fiction)
[Review] The Natural Unnaturalness of “Drive My Car” (Director Hamaguchi Ryusuke, Original Murakami Haruki)
The movie "Drive My Car" directed by Hamaguchi Ryusuke, based on a short story by Murakami Haruki, creates a similar "natural unnaturalness" atmosphere to Murakami's novels. How he makes the "unnatural" world seem "natural" and what kind of impact the "natural unnaturalness" has on the entire work are explored. -
Movies(fiction)
[Movie Review] How a Film Director Creates Magic with Words: “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” (Director Hamaguchi Ryusuke)
The elements that make up a "film" as a medium are many, but the film director Ryusuke Hamaguchi's work "Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy" is a remarkable work that produces madness, emotion, and laughter with just the "script" and "actors". It is an omnibus work with three completely different stories, and each one is so wonderful that I feel like I could watch them forever. If you come across the opportunity to see it, I highly recommend it. -
Movies(fiction)
[Movie] The Power of Language in a Four-Hour Film: “Intimacies” (Director Hamaguchi Ryusuke)
As a graduation project from a vocational school, Hamaguchi Ryusuke's film "Intimacies" is an ambitious work that incorporates a two-hour and ten-minute play within a play. The film emphasizes the power of words, despite being a visual medium, and I was overwhelmed by the words spoken throughout the film and the play within a play. Although it is very long at four hours, glad I saw it. -
Non-Fiction/Liberal Arts
[Book review] How “Sapiens” Explains Our History (Author Yuval Noah Harari)
The well-known bestseller "Sapiens" is a book full of intellectual excitement, which explains "why sapiens alone survived among the human race and made a history that no other organisms have made" by focusing on three main themes: "cognitive revolution," "agricultural revolution," and "scientific revolution.