Wherever I go in Japan I’m always getting references to Japanese movies. I think there is no greater reference than the Shibuya crossing.

So many cool productions were made here. For example, Alice in Borderland with Tao Tsuchiya and Kento Yamazaki, one of the great recent hits on Netflix.

And it was also here that Han “didn’t die” for the third time in that car chase in Fast and Furious – Tokyo Drift.

Theatre: A Love Story

If you want to read my Theatre: A Love Story reviews, also known as Gekijou 2020 or just Theatre 2020, read this post. 劇場 is about a penniless, clumsy theater director and his pure and courageous girlfriend. The romance started by chance. He moved to Tokyo to form a troupe and she studied acting in high school. They like each other. But filling in the gaps between ideals and reality leads to loneliness.

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