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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. -
Movies(fiction)
[Film review] Shoplifters: A Movie That Questions Good and Evil (Director Koreeda Hirokazu)
I believe that anyone who breaks the law should be punished, regardless of the reason. However, this is not related to the judgment of good and evil. From the movie "Shoplifters" directed by Koreeda Hirokazu, let us think about the legitimacy of a society where "good and evil" are determined by the "national mood" and a way of living that has "the courage to put on hold good and evil judgments". -
Non-Fiction/Liberal Arts
[Book Summary] Factfulness: How Hans Rosling Teaches Us to See the World
Most people answer the same way to 13 questions about the current state of the world. The first 12 questions are answered incorrectly, with only the last question being answered correctly. By reading the worldwide bestseller "Factfulness", we can recognize the "incorrect perception of the world" and eliminate "bias" when receiving information.