Category: Jeremiah Dutch
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θΆ FIRST IMPRESSIONS θΆ REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βEtienne PΓ©rierβs Bridge to the Sun and Extremism Abroadβ by Jeremiah Dutch Etenne PΓ©rier (director), Bridge to the Sun, 1961. 113 min. Living abroad and watching oneβs homeland descend…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βEtienne PΓ©rierβs π΅πππππ π‘π π‘βπ ππ’π and Extremism Abroadβ by Jeremiah Dutch](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/bridge-to-the-sun-cha.png?w=1024)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπRETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Masayuki Suo (director), Shall We Dance? 1996, 136 min. At college, I once romanced a young lady by agreeing to take ballroom dancing lessons with her after her…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βForget the Remake, Masayuki Suoβs πβπππ ππ π·ππππ? is in Perfect Step with Japanβ by Jeremiah Dutch](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/masayuki-sou-director-shall-we-dance-1996-136-min.-.jpg?w=686)
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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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πRETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπRETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Stuart Heisler (director), Tokyo Joe, 1949. 89 min. Of all the gin joints in all the world, Humphrey Bogart had to walk into yet another one. Swap North Africa…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βPlay it againβ¦ Ito?: Stuart Heislerβs ππππ¦π π½ππβ by Jeremiah Dutch](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tokyo-joe-old-japan-hollywood-movie-humphrey-bogart-film-shibuya-tokyo-japanese-history-9.webp?w=1024)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Teinosuke Kinugasa (director), A Page of Madness, 1926. 70 min. Itβs almost Halloween as I write this and it seems fitting to think about what it is that makes…
![[REVIEW] βπ΄ ππππ ππ ππππππ π and the Cinema of the Uncannyβ by Jeremiah Dutch](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/a-page-of-madness-film.png?w=1024)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Goro Miyazaki (director), Hayao Miyazaki (co-writer), From Up on Poppy Hill, 2011. 91 min. Yokohama is somewhat in the shadow of neighbouring Tokyo but itβs the second-largest city in…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βOne Foot in the Past, One Foot in the Future: Hayao and Goro Miyazakiβs πΉπππ ππ ππ πππππ¦ π»πππβ by Jeremiah Dutch](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/1_hvheoa-xbqexnbq1dk9jzg.webp?w=1024)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Mamoru Hosada (director), Wolf Children, 2012. 117 min. A story about a single mother trying to bring up two half-Japanese children on her own might naturally be of interest…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βππππ πΆβππππππ as a Statement on Parenthood and Modern Japanβ by Jeremiah Dutch](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/wolf-children.jpg?w=1020)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Akira Kurosawa (director), Stray Dog, 1949. 122 min. Tokyo is a city that is always changing. Old buildings are constantly being torn down and new ones put up. As I…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βAkira Kurosawa’s ππ‘πππ¦ π·ππ as a View into Post-war Tokyo” by Jeremiah Dutch](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/stray-dog-3.jpg?w=836)
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