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28 June 2007

"The Guardian" Remake of Japanese film?

I bought a DVD of the film "The Guardian" starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher. The story of rescue swimmers of US Coast Guard. It has been rumored that the film was actually remake of Japanese Coast Guard film "Umizaru (Sea Monkeys)" released in 2004. It was a popular movie and sequel was released later year. Indeed there are some scenes overlapped. The first scene of light seen from the blue water. Loss of lives, severe school training, girl hunt and friendship among school boys. But overall the stories are quite different. In fact, American version was much better, dramatic...

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22 June 2007

What is good about living in Tokyo?

I have been living in Tokyo, Japan's capital, world's biggest urban area, for more than 7 years.  I feel like I was born and grew up here.  Actually I was not born and did not grow up in Tokyo. Where I was born and grew up was a devastated city, where no culture exists. I hate my hometown. I used to live in some other cities. One of them is San Francisco. I went to the university there....

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10 June 2007

Paris Hilton and other Americans

I just know the news Paris Hilton was ordered to return to the jail. She was once released after her 3 days of imprisonment because of her medical condition. There was enormous criticism that...

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06 June 2007

Japan's crazily advanced gay movement

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