I am Japanese and usually write book and movie review articles in Japanese. In this "English Articles," I have compiled translations of the articles I wrote in Japanese using ChatGPT.
I enjoy a wide variety of books and movies. I read novels, manga, non-fiction, and watch both fiction and documentary films. I write articles about my thinkings through these works while introducing their content.
I hope my articles can serve as a tool to discover new works or delve deeper into ones you've already read or watched.
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[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. -
[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. -
[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". -
[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. -
[Movie] How a Woman Pioneered Electronic Music in 1978: ”The Shock of the Future”(Marc Collin)
Today, "electronic music" is commonplace. In its early days, many women who had been excluded from the existing music world were active. The "frenzy of creation that "The Shock of the Future," a film that follows a day in the life of one woman in Paris in 1978 as she attempts to open the door to the "electronic music" revolution, depicts. -
Betrayed: A Shocking True Story of the Holocaust in Norway (Director Eirik Svensson)
The movie "Betrayed" is based on the shocking true story of Norwegian police who rounded up Jews living in their country and sent them on a ship to Auschwitz. It shows the harsh reality that "I'm not that foolish" is not an optimistic way to think. Such tragedies have occurred many times to this day.
