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July 23rd, 2009

Japanese Novels

BookSurfing: Japanese Novels on Mobiles


Murasaki Shikibu Photo Mugs


Murasaki Shikibu Photo Mugs



MURASAKI SHIKIBU, Japanese courtier and writer, author of the classic Genji Monagatari (Tales of Genji) generally regarded as the first novel ever written….


Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift


Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift


$2.99


This soundtrack serves up a collision of musical styles, as if the coolest radio stations of Tokyo and New York had suddenly melded into a giant hybrid. The Teriyaki Boyz’ opening title track is typical: brilliant production by the Neptunes, East-meets-West mood, more hipness than you can shake a stick at. The Japanese hip-hop group’s other offering here, “Cho Large,” isn’t quite as good but fortu…

The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration Classic Scores for the films of Steven Spielberg (Film Score Anthology)


The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration Classic Scores for the films of Steven Spielberg (Film Score Anthology)


$4.99


John Williams Conducts His Classic Scores For The Films Of Steven Spielberg. Light scuff on disc will not affect play. Small drill hole through j.b. (not booklet)….

Sailor Moon And The Scouts: Lunarock (Anime Series)


Sailor Moon And The Scouts: Lunarock (Anime Series)


$13.98


The main complaint with the first Sailor Moon CD was that it lacked any Japanese music. The eight songs on Lunarock include two from Japan: “Moonlight Densetsu,” the original Japanese opening theme song, and “Ai No Senshi” from Sailor Moon R. There is also a new scoring of the Beatles classic “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” as Sailor Moon’s pledge to Tuxedo Mask. Of the five original American tunes, S…

Pretty Woman [VHS]


Pretty Woman [VHS]


$0.01


Like a pumpkin that transforms into a carriage, some very shrewd casting (and the charisma of Julia Roberts, in particular) morphed this story of a Hollywood whore into a Disneyfied Cinderella story–and a mainstream megahit. This is the movie that made Roberts a star; the charm of her personality helping tremendously to carry viewers over the rough spots in the script (which was originally a cyni…

Ran [VHS]


Ran [VHS]


$3.75


As critic Roger Ebert observed in his original review of Ran, this epic tragedy might have been attempted by a younger director, but only the Japanese master Akira Kurosawa, who made the film at age 75, could bring the requisite experience and maturity to this stunning interpretation of Shakespeare’s King Lear. It’s a film for the ages–one of the few genuine screen masterpieces–and arguably serv…


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