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π Cha‘s SHΕGUN Feature Well, after telling everyone how great the 1980 ShΕgun miniseries is, I watched the first two episodes of this yearβs new adaptation of James Clavellβs 1975 novel. And itβs really good. Maybe the best show Iβve…
![[SHΕGUN] βOn the Edge of My Seat: πβπππ’π (2024) Episodes I & IIβ by e rathke](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/27shogun-recap-1-videosixteenbynine3000.jpg?w=1024)
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π Cha‘s SHΕGUN Feature There have been two adaptations of James Clavellβs 1975 novel ShΕgunβa 1980 miniseries and a new one from this year, currently showing on Hulu and Disney+. This short essay focuses on the 1980 adaptation. Set in…
![[SHΕGUN] βBold Directorial Choices: πβπππ’π (1980)β by e rathke](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/shogun-1980.jpg?w=1024)
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I remember racing home from school to watch Dragonball Z. I remember blank pages that I filled with Goku and Vegeta and Trunks. I remember trying to draw those trousers especially. All the twists and folds. Spending hour after hour…
![[FEATURE] “Goodnight, Akira Toriyama” by e rathke](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/akira-toriyama.jpg?w=1024)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Hayao Miyazaki (director), The Boy and the Heron, 2023. 125 min. This review contains spoilers. For me, whatβs perhaps most interesting about The Boy and the Heron is that…
![[REVIEW] “Defying Explanation: Hayao Miyazaki’s πβπ π΅ππ¦ πππ π‘βπ π»ππππ” by e rathke](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2f7d7a1e-94d3-48eb-be56-12bcb518f235.sized-1000x1000-1.jpeg?w=1000)
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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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πΒ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπΒ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS ClickΒ HERE to readΒ all entries inΒ ChaΒ onΒ Chungking Express. Wong Kar-wai (director), Chungking Express, 1994. 92 min. Whenever I think of Wong Kar-waiβs Chungking Express I hear California Dreaminβ by The Mamas…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βTwo Stories in One: Wong Kar-waiβs πΆβπ’ππππππ πΈπ₯ππππ π β by e rathke](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/chungking-express.jpg?w=1000)
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