Category: 1997 Films
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS π RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS KΕki Mitani (director), Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald, 1997. 103 min. KΕki Mitani has a particular knack for satirising the Japanese inclination to avoid confrontation. As the screenwriter…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βJapanese Comedy Cinema at Its Finest: KΕki Mitaniβs πππππππ π΅πππ, ππ. πππ·πππππβ by Jeremiah Dutch](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/mv5bodhimtlimzmtodk0my00ogjklwjjmwytythlyta3mzllzjq1xkeyxkfqcgc40._v1_.jpg?w=853)
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πΒ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπΒ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Wong Kar-wai (director),Β Happy Together, 1997. 97 min. βI had no regrets till I met you. Now my regrets could kill me.β And then Lai Yiu-Fai (Tony Leung) runs away…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “They Cannot Be Happy Together, They Cannot Be Happy Apart: Wong Kar-wai’s π»ππππ¦ πππππ‘βππ” by e rathke](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/happy-together_cha-an-asian-literary-journal.png?w=1024)
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